The fizz biz is booming again.
The Champagne industry is seeing sales skyrocket as revelers celebrate the recent win of president-elect Joe Biden. This comes after a long dry spell during the celebration-less pandemic, when sales of bubbly went flat during the coronavirus pandemic.
But it appears Biden has initiated his first stimulus measure — Washington, DC, liquor-store owners claim Biden voters purchased more Champagne bottles Saturday than during the prior two New Year’s Eve celebrations combined, Newsweek reported.
The city’s pharmacies are also reporting a similar booze “deluge,” with one drugstore reportedly recording more Champagne sales in the past 12 hours than during any previous holidays.
The tipple tsunami is fueling the raucous victory celebrations taking place across the capital. “Poppin’ bottlesof champagnenearthe WhiteHouse. Thousands celebrate Joe Biden being elected the 46th President of the United States,” tweeted Shomari Stone, an NBC correspondent covering the pro-Biden shindigs near DC’s Black Lives Matter Plaza.
An accompanying video shows Biden supporters soaking each other with Champagne a la championship basketball teams and singing Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” in a jab at current president Donald Trump’s pending departure. Some held “You’re fired” signs in reference to the former “Apprentice” host’s immortal catchprase.
“A lot of people popping champagne in front of the White House,” tweeted Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern along with a clip of the Champagne-soaked festivities.
Not to be outdone, Andrew Beaujon, senior editor of the Washingtonian, tweeted a selfie of himself amidst Biden fans partying it up near Lafayette Park, where National Guard troops sprayed tear gas at demonstrators back in June.
“I’ve now been sprayed with tear gas and champagne in the same spot,” he quipped in a followup tweet.
Meanwhile, Getty Images depict hundreds of empty Veuve Clicquot Champagne bottles and other alcohol containers piled up against garbage bins through the capital, Newsweek reported.
DC isn’t the only place experiencing a post-victory bubbly binge, even among downtrodden restaurants. “We sold out of champagne at the bar,” tweeted Liam Johnson, a bartender based in New York.
However, others had a more sobering take on the pro-Biden bacchanalia.
Meghan McCain, journalist and daughter of the late Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, wrote on Twitter: “I can’t imagine if my Dad lost and our hometown of Phoenix erupted in jubilation with people pouring champagne all over each other and singing and dancing.
She added, “Maybe the Trumps don’t give a s – – t about their hometown but… yeeeesssshhh.”
President Trump has so far refused to concede the presidency, alleging that the elections were marred by voter fraud, although his claims are unsubstantiated. The president’s senior adviser Jason Miller even told Fox Business in a Monday interview that the word “concede” was “not even in our vocabulary right now.”
