French wine growers destroy gallons of Spanish cava in ‘economic war’
Gallons of cava? But that’s almost a whole press conference worth.
Thousands of gallons of rosé were emptied into the street and 10,000 bottles of sparkling Spanish wine were smashed.
Ah, no, that’s more serious. That’s a whole newspapers’ worth.
Why is it always the fvcking French?
French farmers exercising their ancient right to break the law without fear of any consequence or intervention by les gendarmes.
Unless of course they happen to be wearing gilets jaunes.
At least it wasn’t lambs.
Anyway 10 thousand bottles at 75cl gives 7500 litres which is just under 1650 gallons ( proper gallons not gay US ones ).
Pshaw.
If they paid for it already, who the feck cares what they did with it? Drinking it and turning it into piss is not much different.
That’s a big if…
I do wish people would use standard units of measure when discussing these issues, which as we all know for liquid volumes is the Olympic sized swimming pool (OSS), or 2,500,000 L (according to Wiki, so YMMV)
So that’s 7500 / 2500000 = 0.3 x OSS.
Enough for kids to splash around in.
BiND,
Check your calculations. You appear to be out by two Fergusons, to use a standard unit of measure.
Ah yes… The traditional yearly Pouring of the Wine by the french Farmers to appease the Gods of Fortune and Cartel..
Waste of alcohol… May their hangovers be epic and unforgiving..
Here is an idea – why don’t we import more cheap Spanish wine?
My children need wine!
10,000 bottles of sparkling Spanish wine were smashed & serious wine drinkers sighed with relief.
Question for the wine lovers. Most of our restaurants serve wine in long stemmed fish bowls with a small puddle in the bottom. Why? Is this something people like now? I’ve lived in France & I don’t recall them there. On the other hand I avoided tourist restaurants like the plague. What happened to proper wine glasses with a decent amount of wine in them? Is this a UK thing now?
BiFR,
I’d like to think that was my first and only senior moment of the day, but I doubt it.
Line,
“Why is it always the fvcking French?”
France is insular and strongly nationalist. They don’t holiday abroad, they produce a huge amount of their food and drink, and in terms of culture, their language is strong enough that there are cultural products, but not so strong that they get many imports in foreign languages.
Like the Dutch and Danes are more like us. Crappy weather, so they go to Royan or Lake Garda, eat mouclade and cannoli. But also their languages are quite weak so they’ve mostly given up any fight on them and just read and watch things in English (I quite like Danish films – the sense of humour is quite English I think).
Bi4R: You appear to be out by two Fergusons
🙂
Tmb,
That would be the mathematical equivalent of Muphrys law.
But I am not convinced, so I put it to the jury of this parish.
7,500 litres of 2.5 million litres is 0.003 OSPs.
Therefore the statement that it is 0.3 OSPs is out by two Fergusons.
I will concede that up for debate is whether the Ferguson is really that rigorously defined. There are strong indications that the value of one Ferguson varies somewhat randomly but is always a minimum of a factor of ten.
BiG in Hong Kong.
BIS,
“Question for the wine lovers. Most of our restaurants serve wine in long stemmed fish bowls with a small puddle in the bottom. Why? Is this something people like now? I’ve lived in France & I don’t recall them there. On the other hand I avoided tourist restaurants like the plague. What happened to proper wine glasses with a decent amount of wine in them? Is this a UK thing now?”
There’s always been a thing of putting red wines in large glasses because you swirl them around and fill the bowl with the aromas before sticking your nose in.
But it’s not really worth it with cheaper wine, and I think most of what is going on with this in a lot of restaurants is that it’s aspirational. People copy what they see rich people or experts do, without understanding why they do it.
(and most people drink £10 wine marked up to £40).
Bi4R
TMB’s post is really just one post (gone wrong). 🙂
WB – (I quite like Danish films – the sense of humour is quite English I think).
Dogme 95 produced some great stuff with wonderful, naturalistic acting.
Film as a medium is boring now. Seems to be either big, stupid, superhero films or little, stupid, independent productions. Anything made after about 2012 is rarely worth watching.
Tho I did like the Oriental family drama Everything Everywhere All At Once. Unlike Marvel movies, it’s a marvelous film. Yeoh, Quan and the rest of the cast acted their bloody socks off.
BiFR I believe the Ferguson incorporates a significant stochastic element. It is however always defined with excessive precision.
PF,
Ah yes, that makes sense. Unlike Mr Bison to be so ambiguous.
BiG in Hong Kong.
I’d like to think cryptic rather than ambiguous.
As to the Ferguson, the value of one Ferguson varies somewhat randomly but is always a minimum of a factor of ten.
This seems worryingly precise since the source code underpinning the Ferguson is uncommented and not available for release to anyone with the temerity to ask for it.
Ah…
Being gallons of wine, I absentmindedly assumed it might be a reference to a Scottish football manager. But of course – is always a minimum of a factor of ten – epidemiological modelling.
The value of the Ferguson can indeed only be estimated from the various public statements on any particular impending doom.
The Antiferguson has also been postulated, being the product of the Ferguson and the square root of minus one. There are problems with this hypothesis as the Ferguson is itself an imaginary number, which would mean the Antiferguson cannot exist at the same time as the Ferguson, or the universe would disappear in a puff of smoke, or something.
BiG in Hong Kong.
But it’s not really worth it with cheaper wine, and I think most of what is going on with this in a lot of restaurants is that it’s aspirational. People copy what they see rich people or experts do, without understanding why they do it.
(and most people drink £10 wine marked up to £40).
Tell me about it. I recently hosted a Brit couple at our single Michelin starred restaurant & was unwise enough to let the male half loose on the wine list. He saddled my bill with 84€ red Reserva & did much swirling & sniffing. To me, it was at best indifferent. I tipped mine into water tumbler so I could dip my bread in it. I’ve lived in a country where wines drunk at every meal. Even comes with the plat du jour at the workman’s caff. Can’t get exited about any of them
“Is this a UK thing now?”
I don’t know. British restaurants are so noisy we don’t use them any more.
I read that The Ritz is better but it’s too far away and they ban trainers.
BiS 84€ for Spanish wine, bloody hell, how’d you even find that?!!
Guess I don’t frequent such rarified establishments. Does the “double the super” price apply? If so i can just about see it, but ought to be fucking fantastic. On the whole i find Spanish wine to be priced reasonably to quality (at supermercado prices), unlike the frog stuff which is largely overpriced piss trading off the good name of a few standouts, and unreliable at that.
Otoh i recall the basic frog table red that used to come with the formule was quite acceptable…. expectations and aging memory may be playing a part there i guess
Violent French wine growers? Must be terroirists.
If you can find it, Moldovan wine is excellent.
Not easy to find in the UK though.
Might have more luck in the EU.
@Line Noise
The prices are part of why I go there. They deter the worst sort of Brit tourists. Also the service is excellent. Food? Mediocre but that means good for Spanish. Try to avoid local cuisine normally. We usually eat in small S.American places cater to their own & don’t speak english. Cheaper & they can’t fool the regulars with crap.
AndrewZ: Violent French wine growers? Must be terroirists.
🙂
Usually the only time I drink booze is when my family visit me. I prefer to let them choose the bottle, since I have no taste.
If I buy it for myself, a 2 litre plastic bag of the stuff for about $A11 or so seems a reasonable bargain to me.
The Ritz is absolutely chock full of trainers. Accompanied by the bored upper middle class housewives who employ said trainers.