“They’ve got class.”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3787777.stm I particularly like the line about “the best red wine I’ve ever tasted.”
by Kieran Healy on June 9, 2004
“They’ve got class.”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3787777.stm I particularly like the line about “the best red wine I’ve ever tasted.”
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nick 06.09.04 at 7:13 am
But aren’t the French supposed to be eeeeeevil ungrateful bastards? Damn. They’re just doing this to hide their eeevil ungrateful bastardy.
(Anyone want to imagine what would have happened if it had been one of the Bush retinue? Off to the brig with the suspected terrorist, I think.)
Alan 06.09.04 at 10:16 am
The Prime Miniature of Australia, John Howard, was in the USA at the time of the September 11 attacks. His itinerary included business meetings to be attended by some Australian executives. In the air travel confusion in the days after the attacks, Howard got a special flight out of the USA. The plane was half empty. His fellow Australian citizens trying to get home had to wait their turn.
Anthony 06.09.04 at 10:33 am
Cheap shot Alan.
schwa 06.09.04 at 10:53 am
Given that he was twiddling his thumbs in the company of the President of France’s entourage, who presumably gear their winelist to the Presidential tastebuds, I’d have been much more astonished if the glass of wine he was handed wasn’t the best he’d ever tasted. (And I say that as a Kiwi myself and a great admirer of our local reds.)
des 06.09.04 at 11:07 am
Yeah, but yer Chirac’s a beer man, innit? Read it in _Point de Vue_ – there’s nothing he likes better than a beer or several to wash down his calf-offal peasant food, yum yum.
pepi 06.09.04 at 11:14 am
tsk, tsk, publicity stunt, probably funded by French winemakers ;)
yabonn 06.09.04 at 7:06 pm
Private dialogue between Chirac and Bush, in a private meeting during D-Day celebration (found via Phersu, and checked by myself in the Canard Enchainé cause i really couldn’t believe it) :
Chirac :
– France loves the u.s.
Bush :
– Thanks, but the u.s. cares little about being loved, rather about being powerful. Which is, i believe, better than being neither one or the other.
… Refreshing isn’t it?
At least, we know now that chirac does make a difference between bush and the u.s.
sidereal 06.09.04 at 8:55 pm
“the best red wine I’ve ever tasted.”
When all you drink is Shiraz, that isn’t saying much.
Stop the madness, Australia! My wife and I toured through McLaren Vale and Barossa and found 1 (One!) Pinot Noir. Ridiculous.
Quite good, though. Nepenthe winery. Highly recommended.
nick 06.09.04 at 10:00 pm
Stop the madness, Australia! My wife and I toured through McLaren Vale and Barossa and found 1 (One!) Pinot Noir. Ridiculous.
Um, the gentleman in question is a Kiwi, and NZ does, indeed, make extremely good Pinot Noir, thanks to its more favourable climate for that grape. Indeed, Pinot Noir is the most widely planted red variety in NZ, though some of it is used for sparklies such as Lindaur Brut. Much of the really good stuff gets exported to people with more money than sense, though. (How much is Cloudy Bay going for these days?)
(You do know that New Zealand is a separate country, don’t you?)
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