Now that’s a sign of an impending apocalypse.
So much good cheap wine is available in France I think there’s something else going on. A global wine glut has been in the news here in California as well. There’s a whiskey glut as well (might be distilled spirits in general). Could it be because cannabis is more available? Or perhaps more people are on meds that limit their intake of alcohol?
Not due to cost as much as just aging and having some time and space, my wife and I have started making wine and mead. Actually what prompted it was moving to a place with a plum tree.
I highly recommend it; very rewarding. Pretty easy, not a huge startup cost. Delicious!
We are now rotating 6 x 5 L carboys, and making lot’s of mead. We have got the process down to a very precise set of steps with careful measurement and controls. If you amortize cost for non-consumables like carboys, siphons, hygrometers, etc. and calculate only consumable cost, each batch is way cheaper than anything in a storefront, and made with love. Everything is better when made by one’s own hand.
Beer is just more popular with young people in France atm
More mead please
Honey is money
Drinking more cheap wine than expensive wine, more like.
But- but they’re the revolution people!
So the economical strain causes an identity crisis for France. When will they surrender?
None of them can afford water, neither sparkling nor flat.
