Americans bought more French wine during "boycott" than before it - GoFuckYourself.com

Mr.Fiction · 11-04-2003, 12:24 AM

Despite threatening to boycott French products when Paris opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites), Americans overtook Germans as the biggest spenders on France's Bordeaux wines in the 2002-03 sales year.

The volume of Bordeaux wines sold to the United States also rose, climbing 20 percent in the year to July 31, 2003 -- a period that included the build-up and bitter aftermath of Washington's diplomatic tangle with Paris over Iraq.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../od_nm/wine_dc

bhutocracy · 11-04-2003, 12:38 AM

any publicity is good publicity

unless you're matrix.

wargames · 11-04-2003, 12:41 AM

we love to drink

LiveDose · 11-04-2003, 12:57 AM

how's their tourism doing with US dollars?

Corona · 11-04-2003, 01:00 AM

I thought the wine came from the other France.

Trax · 11-04-2003, 01:03 AM

its only wine....
thats the only thing they can

ControlThy · 11-04-2003, 03:33 AM

French wine is quality wine.

who · 11-04-2003, 03:52 AM

We're not the brightest nation.... but we sure as hell want what we can't have.

goBigtime · 11-04-2003, 03:56 AM

There was a boycott... but it obviously wasn't against the french.

Sarah_Jayne · 11-04-2003, 04:39 AM

Anyone in the UK that likes wine would be insane to boycott it when they can just hop over to calais for the afternoon and pick up decent stuff for under a dollar.

I will boycott escargot ....sorry, freedom snails.

DeadFidel · 11-04-2003, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bhutocracy
any publicity is good publicity

unless you're matrix.

What he said.

abadfish · 11-04-2003, 05:41 AM

In my opinion if anyone was "boycotting" the french it was the media. Maybe 5 people decided to boycott it so CNN, Fox, MSNBC all report it and suddenly the entire US is boycotting France.

BRISK · 11-04-2003, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by abadfish
In my opinion if anyone was "boycotting" the french it was the media. Maybe 5 people decided to boycott it so CNN, Fox, MSNBC all report it and suddenly the entire US is boycotting France.

so true

Danny_C · 11-04-2003, 08:56 AM

That entire ordeal was asinine... the lowest point being freedom fries. Fuddruckers (the only large chain I know to officially start selling freedom fries) still haven't put the word french back on their fries... now they just say fries. Yeah, take that, French!

extreme · 11-04-2003, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LiveDose
how's their tourism doing with US dollars?

Considering the value of it these days I doubt they want it

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Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	Americans bought more French wine during "boycott" than before it Despite threatening to boycott French products when Paris opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites), Americans overtook Germans as the biggest spenders on France's Bordeaux wines in the 2002-03 sales year. The volume of Bordeaux wines sold to the United States also rose, climbing 20 percent in the year to July 31, 2003 -- a period that included the build-up and bitter aftermath of Washington's diplomatic tangle with Paris over Iraq. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../od_nm/wine_dc

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Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	Anyone in the UK that likes wine would be insane to boycott it when they can just hop over to calais for the afternoon and pick up decent stuff for under a dollar. I will boycott escargot ....sorry, freedom snails.

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abadfish Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: WA Posts: 1,482	In my opinion if anyone was "boycotting" the french it was the media. Maybe 5 people decided to boycott it so CNN, Fox, MSNBC all report it and suddenly the entire US is boycotting France.

11-04-2003, 08:56 AM	#14
Danny_C Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,160	That entire ordeal was asinine... the lowest point being freedom fries. Fuddruckers (the only large chain I know to officially start selling freedom fries) still haven't put the word french back on their fries... now they just say fries. Yeah, take that, French!