Champagne Bureau Offers Y2K Advice: Don't Panic -- But Do Plan Ahead

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1999--The year 1999 is truly a banner year for Champagne. As the world prepares for millennial celebrations, demand for premium bubblies is soaring and rumors of a potential Champagnes shortage have spread.

Jean-Louis Carbonnier, Director of the New York-based Champagne Wines Information Bureau and one of America's leading experts on Champagne wines, advises consumers not to panic when it comes to buying Champagnes for millennial celebrations--but do plan ahead.

(Is it just me, or is there something humorous about the idea of people "panicking" over a champagne shortage? ROTFL!)

:)

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), June 16, 1999

Answers

FM,

Careful buddy, I hear The Spoon is ether-lurking hear abouts.

For FM's sake I vote to delete.......

-- MidwestMike_ (midwestmike_@hotmail.com), June 16, 1999.

The start of the year 2000 (the last year in the millenium) is indeed special. It simply would not do to ring it in with a lesser vintage...

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), June 16, 1999.

What is the appropriate beverage to "celebrate" all the deaths, misery, and destruction Y2K can be expected to bring? The same one you would use to celebrate your house burning down or your oldest child dying would be appropriate, I suppose. If there is an "official" Y2K beverage, it will likely be IMHO warm cloudy water (with powdered milk in it for a few).

P.S. My site will have ~10 new articles on it in a couple of weeks. site: www.y2ksafeminnesota.com

-- MinnesotaSmith (y2ksafeminnesota@hotmail.com), June 16, 1999.

Death, misery, and destruction. Sounds a lot like this year in Kosova.

I will continue to offer sacrament (with wine and pilot bread or hard tack) as regularly as I can. Some time I brak my fasts with such a sacrament.

Celebrate? Sure. I celebrate the Risen Lord in all things...especially in adversity. I cannot help all the DGIs and DWGIs. I can only do my job of remediation and contingency planning. I can warn who will listen and prepare for my family. While I may morn for those in disasters, I am humble enough to recognize that I cannot help most of them...

Actually, personally, I prefer non-carbonated wines...

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), June 17, 1999.