Those of us with limited imaginations might find it hard to conceive how thirsty all those passengers get on flights. Or the sheer volume of people who fly now.
Emirates airlines definitely has an eye on the future. In addition to its stores of 1.2 million bottles in a Burgundy cellar, it has plans to buy $500 million dollars of future wine production (before the wine is even produced or bottled).
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