BOOTLEG CHAMPAGNE
VARYING PRICES LONDON, November 3. Trading on new West End night rlub frequenters’ ignorance, vast quantities of bootleg champaitne are being dumped at ridiculous prices, says "The Weekly Despatch.” There are only two genuine types of champagne, according to a leading importer—the dry, which the English prefer, and the sweet, which the French drink—but the bootleggers are suffering either from cold feet or bankruptcy, and are exporting to London n third type, made from the dregs of the grapes. This is worth half a crown in France, fetches .£.) in America, and nndeisells the genuine 12s 'fid variety at 10s in London, though night club members are swindled into paying 455.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 6
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112BOOTLEG CHAMPAGNE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 6
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