Definition: Wine humour

The story is said to have taken place in one of the Rothschilds' grand cru vineyards...

Is it true? - He who lends to the rich lends to laughter...

The summer had been particularly dry and, with the harvest just a few days away, the grapes were small and hard as buckshot...

A stormy downpour fell on the estate, just in time to make the bunches grow.

Baron Philippe declared to his worried manager: "It's not rain that's falling, it's gold!"

The man of the land, after thinking about it, replied:

"If it really were gold... the Baron would be holding his umbrella upside down!"