CHAMPAGNE !
Something to celebrate...any excuse! Everytime I bring out my grandmother's champagne bowls, all the chaps launch into a frenzy about how they were designed around Marie Antoinette's boobs so that France could drink to her health... I always silently wonder who my oversized Ikea champagne flute was designed after ... After having read article after article about the global-crisis, trying to decipher any hints that we are coming out of it, I finally have a piece of good news. Market indicator...? Champagne sales rose globally by 8% in 2010!! Not only have sales risen but the sales of quality champagne have also increased. No more "under 10 Euro" bottles next year..the consumer prefers to pay more for better quality. Does this mean we are coming out of the doldrums? Could this be an indicator that we are rolling out of the crisis? This DesperateAngloHousewife has been smiling ever since she heard the good news... I may even buy a bottle this weekend an