Blown Apart by France; Sam Ryall Wets His Whistle with a Glass of the Good Stuff - but Still Finds Time to Sample a Bit of French History!

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Byline: Sam Ryall

I DON'T know whether it was the glitzy video montage or the glass of Champagne but I was feeling a bit light-headed.

Around me stood six other tourists, all transfixed at a TV screen that was showing a publicity video, promoting Pannier Champagne.

Images of beautiful people with perfect teeth flashed before us while the seductive voice of a woman tempted us with phrases like "tumultuous quivering". It was difficult to stifle our childish embarrassment but the intoxication was inescapable.

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