It is enough to make you choke on your Chablis. In France, the land of good food and world-famous wine, seven out of 10 people admit they are far from connoisseurs when it comes to the grape.
Responding to the question: “Do you have the feeling you have a good knowledge of wine?” a surprising 71 percent of French people replied in the negative, with only 3 percent saying they had “a lot” of knowledge.
It appeared that social class has a great deal of influence over one’s wine appreciation — 43 percent of white-collar workers claimed to be connoisseurs but only 16 percent of blue-collar employees.
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Polling company Viavoice said this showed a “very elitist” approach to wine in France but also the “real or imagined feeling for several households faced with tight budgets that they cannot afford quality wine.”
Viavoice surveyed 1,015 adults between May 28 and 30 for the poll that was published in the Terre de Vins magazine on Sept. 2.
(AFP)
以下這件事足以讓你嗆出喝下的夏布利。在法國這塊美食與世界名酒交會的土地上，十人中有七人承認他們對葡萄的學問，根本離鑑賞家程度還差得遠。
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回應以下提問：「你是否覺得你對品酒有相當程度的瞭解？」令人驚訝的是，百分之七十一的法國人答案為否，只有百分之三表示他們有「大量」知識。
調查發現，社經地位對於一個人的品酒鑑賞能力有極大的影響。百分之四十三的白領階級自稱是鑑賞家，藍領雇員則僅百分之十六。
這家名為Viavoice的民調公司表示，在法國品酒是「非常精英」的嗜好，但也有「一些預算吃緊的家庭覺得他們買不起好酒，不論這種感受是真實或想像的。」
這項由Viavoice所做的民意測驗，是五月二十八日到三十日針對一千零一十五位成年人所做的調查，並刊登在九月二日的《葡萄酒天地》雜誌。
（法新社／翻譯：林亞蒂）
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