By popular demand, straight from the mouth of Randall Grahm (The Original Rhône Ranger and lover of esoterica):
In 1954, the village council of Châteauneuf-du-Pape was quite perturbed and apprehensive that flying saucers or “flying cigares” might do damage to their vineyards, were they to land therin. So right-thinking men all, they passed an ordinance prohibiting the landing of flying saucers or flying cigares in their vineyards. The ordinance further states that flying saucers or flying cigares that did land were to be taken immediately to the pound.
You have to tell people the story of the "Le Cigare Volant" name! That's the bet part!
By popular demand, straight from the mouth of Randall Grahm (The Original Rhône Ranger and lover of esoterica):
In 1954, the village council of Châteauneuf-du-Pape was quite perturbed and apprehensive that flying saucers or “flying cigares” might do damage to their vineyards, were they to land therin. So right-thinking men all, they passed an ordinance prohibiting the landing of flying saucers or flying cigares in their vineyards. The ordinance further states that flying saucers or flying cigares that did land were to be taken immediately to the pound.
Boom. And I believe the law is still in the books today. Because it seems to be working: not a single flying cigar has landed since it was enacted! :D
And now I just went down a big rabbit hole thinking about what vineyards *would* benefit from flying cigars.
In my totally non-scientific mind, I imagine alien yeast strains surviving the journey and suddenly we’re making alien wine!
👽🍷🛸