Blame it on the French – Champagne gets our NRL and AFL players drunk

Posted by Michael Brecht
March 13, 2009

I was amazed to read in the local paper that the sales of French Champagnes went up last year here in Australia. More than 3.5 million bottles were imported in 2008, an increase of 10% on 2007 according to the Comite Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne. No sign of crisis, imports in the UK and US were down 8 and 20 percent.

And where did we see this Champagne go to? Here is my guess: in each Australian pre-season of footie sports such as NRL or AFL, the papers are full of headlines with players getting drunk and starting to harass men and women around them in pubs, nightclubs etc. I know some of these guys and can confirm that they are clearly capable of drinking beer like a horse and still behave pretty normal.

So why do they get drunk at this particular time of the year? According to a friend of mine (a doctor), these players face the tough challenge of having to cope with their normal intake ‘beer’ and the mixing with ‘high profile’ drinks at pre-season opening ceremonies. Mixing beer with Champagne helps you get drunk four times as fast, this is according to my friend the doctor.

And this is where the Champagne comes in: luckily for the French Champagne industry we have these pre-season celebrations: our NRL and AFL players, who aren’t used to drinking bubblies have to obey the rules of politeness and drink a few glasses of these as well as their usual intake of beer, and off they go.

Blame it on the French.
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Die Verkaufszahlen franzoesischer Champagner in Australien sind im letzten Jahr um 10% gestiegen, mit 3.5 Millionen Flaschen wurde so viel wie nie zuvor an diesem Getraenk hier downunder verkauft. Kein Wunder, dass unsere AFL und NRL Helden zu viel davon trinken, sind sie doch eher ein paar Bierchen gewoehnt.

Ihr Michael Brecht

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