"Shit Wine" a hit in France

[YankBastard]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7681295.stm

Winemakers in France's Languedoc region, which has suffered a reputation of being the 'poor relation' to its Bordeaux and Cote du Rhone cousins, have called their latest product 'Vin de Merde'.

[Catel]

Never heard of that. :confused:

[NicolasN.]

It seems like a good marketing plan since it was even reported by the british media. That's a funny name, though.

[Pierre-Henri]

A bakery in Bardeaux is also renowned for its name : "au pain dégueulasse".

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By the way, Comrad Yankbastard, how are you ? I've heard that the Comrad Bushsky, Prime Secretary of the United Soviets of America, had some banks nationalized ! Is your money still yours, or is it now financing some kolkhoz in New Yorgorod, Washintongrad, Dallaskov or San Antoniosibirsk :D ?

[Reignking]

It seems like a good marketing plan since it was even reported by the british media. That's a funny name, though.

That's exactly what I thought...

[YankBastard]

A bakery in Bardeaux is also renowned for its name : "au pain dégueulasse".

http://www.piecejointe.com/stock/automatique/photo/big/20060914155934-216225Fichier.jpg

By the way, Comrad Yankbastard, how are you ? I've heard that the Comrad Bushsky, Prime Secretary of the United Soviets of America, had some banks nationalized ! Is your money still yours, or is it now financing some kolkhoz in New Yorgorod, Washintongrad, Dallaskov or San Antoniosibirsk ?

Hell with the stock market down the drain and all of my savings turned into shit, there's not much for the government to steel. :D

It's a bad day when the Frenchies are calling Americans commies. :o

[Pierre-Henri]

Hey, maybe the US and EU rationing bonds will be exchangeable, so we can trade hamburgers vs croissants, and coca cola vs wine.

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[franklinstine]

This can’t be true :O well I think everyone knows what Merde means wonder what there reason was behind the name what has it got to do with the taste of the wine
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[Nanbawan]

"Shitty wine" may be a better translation, anyway nobody stated that it was actually made from merde...:eek:

If you have a rubbish car or a phone or whatever, you'll say voiture de merde, téléphone de merde, etc...

Vie de merde... (http://www.viedemerde.fr/)