"cwdjrxyz" > wrote in message
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On Mar 30, 3:04 pm, "st.helier" > wrote:
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Champagne was extremely popular with the upper classes in Russia
before the revolution. Cristal was a favorite of the Tsars.
However
today's version is a little different from what the Tsar had.
The
Champagne was likely quite sweet then, because this was the
style most
liked in Russia.
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that the current strange
ratings of champagne, "Dry" actually being sweet, is a remnant
of pre-revolutionary Russia when the idle rich liked to disguise
their unsophisticated tastes for sweet wines. It was also stated
that "Extra Dry" and "Brut" derive from this misuse of "Dry".



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