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The online editorial imprint of Grand Cru & Etiquette brings together articles and essays exploring wine, culture, etiquette and contemporary power dynamics, and is registered under ISSN 3156‑058X.
The Bottle as a Diplomat: How French Wine Quietly Shapes World Power
When Trump threatened a 200% tariff on French Champagne, Paris saw an attack on one of its oldest instruments of statecraft. How France wields the bottle as geopolitical soft power.