“Russia forces French to call champagne 'sparkling wine', reserves 'shampanskoye' for local bubbly.”
France's champagne industry is up in arms after Russia enacted a new law forcing producers from the Champagne region to label their bubbly "sparkling wine" while allowing domestic producers to continue to sell "shampanskoye".
I dunno. I get it that Putin is a world historical villain but… but…
Am waiting for the rebranding of USA sparkling as FREEDOM EAGLE WINE.
They can scrap over it all they want. Down here in the Antipodes I'm just gonna keep calling it "fizzy piss".
Give the man his due, he is playing a weak hand brilliantly.
Considering the country he runs is Upper Volta with missles.
Turns out they've got their own culture wars. Who knew?