Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
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Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
"In victory you deserve Champagne. In defeat, you need it".
Napolean Bonaparte
“Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne!” – Winston Churchill
Napolean Bonaparte
“Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne!” – Winston Churchill
Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
Ya, but where are the deals???? We see deals on just about everything except Champagne
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
And this is without tariffs.
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
Hellllo cheap Champagne... they'll take their licks just like we all are, but 2021 should be a better year for everyone.
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
Diebolt-Valois Prestige Blanc de Blanc for $40 in a couple of recent offers.
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
I’m doing what I can to prop them up...
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2015 Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Noirs La Presle (#1)
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2015 Ultramarine BdB
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
Also, this kind of grinds my gears a little bit:
I understand you can get a bottle of Champagne for $20, but it's probably iffy at best. When most of your entry-level good stuff is $50+, your average Joe isn't going to pop a bottle on Tuesday night with a burger regardless of whether it's natty/organic.Vranken said the very essence of champagne marketing -- as a drink quaffed at parties and weddings -- needs to be re-evaluated to reflect the new normal: Fewer festivities and a lack of celebratory group events.
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
Me too, dude.
My best wines for 2020:
2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Efflorescence Extra Brut
2012 Minière F & R Champagne Influence Brut
2008 Rhys Skyline PN SCM
2015 Ulysse Collin Champagne Les Pierrières
2014 Laherte Frères Champagne BdB EB Les Grands Crayeres
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2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Efflorescence Extra Brut
2012 Minière F & R Champagne Influence Brut
2008 Rhys Skyline PN SCM
2015 Ulysse Collin Champagne Les Pierrières
2014 Laherte Frères Champagne BdB EB Les Grands Crayeres
Kindness matters. Dignity matters. Accountability matters. Respect matters. LEADERSHIP MATTERS!
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
Me 3 dudes
"In victory you deserve Champagne. In defeat, you need it".
Napolean Bonaparte
“Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne!” – Winston Churchill
Napolean Bonaparte
“Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne!” – Winston Churchill
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
Blake Brown wrote: ↑July 31st, 2020, 5:55 pmMe 3 dudes
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My best wines for 2020:
2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Efflorescence Extra Brut
2012 Minière F & R Champagne Influence Brut
2008 Rhys Skyline PN SCM
2015 Ulysse Collin Champagne Les Pierrières
2014 Laherte Frères Champagne BdB EB Les Grands Crayeres
Kindness matters. Dignity matters. Accountability matters. Respect matters. LEADERSHIP MATTERS!
2014 Marie Courtin Champagne Efflorescence Extra Brut
2012 Minière F & R Champagne Influence Brut
2008 Rhys Skyline PN SCM
2015 Ulysse Collin Champagne Les Pierrières
2014 Laherte Frères Champagne BdB EB Les Grands Crayeres
Kindness matters. Dignity matters. Accountability matters. Respect matters. LEADERSHIP MATTERS!
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales

Frank Murray III wrote: ↑July 31st, 2020, 6:06 pm![]()
A n d r e w N o r t h u p
2020 WsOTY:
2015 Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Noirs La Presle (#1)
1954 Fontanafredda Barbaresco
2015 Ultramarine BdB
2019 WsOTY:
1994 Edmunds St. John Les Côtes Sauvages
2016 P. S. Garcia Grenache Piedra Lisa
2002 Perrier-Jouet Belle Époque
2005 Faja dos Padres Malvasia
2020 WsOTY:
2015 Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Noirs La Presle (#1)
1954 Fontanafredda Barbaresco
2015 Ultramarine BdB
2019 WsOTY:
1994 Edmunds St. John Les Côtes Sauvages
2016 P. S. Garcia Grenache Piedra Lisa
2002 Perrier-Jouet Belle Époque
2005 Faja dos Padres Malvasia
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
In the end they are making an agricultural commodity product. When demand shifts, they'll feel it, and can either adapt by changing prices to find the new market clearing point, or sit on unsold stocks, while their former customers discover substitute commodities.
Somehow the Champenois convinced themselves that marketing/positioning changed their products attributes to make it truly special, as if was a mobile phone chip or life saving drug, which can command real economic rents.
Somehow the Champenois convinced themselves that marketing/positioning changed their products attributes to make it truly special, as if was a mobile phone chip or life saving drug, which can command real economic rents.
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
I am also, sirs.
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
I answered when I saw the first quote for inclusion. Can I get in on that group hug?
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Re: Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
I buy entirely too much Champagne. Hoping to see some better deals in the future but not holding my breath.
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