President Sarkozy at the G8
We know that President Nicolas Sarkozy doesn’t drink alcohol because he said he is “too busy” (even if we caught him having a glass of Sancerre on the campaign trail). Even Reuters has a story lamenting the fact.
So what are we to make of this video then of a press conference immediately after Sarkozy had a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, also a teetotaler? As the newsreader mentions in his lead, “apparently they only drank water together.”
On April 8th, 2008 at 2:46 pm ,Dr Vino’s wine blog » Blog Archive » At summit, Bush says cheers - with wine?!? wrote:
[…] We know international summits are tough. They’ve been known to make a teetotaler go weak in the neck as recently as, oh, last year. […]