18 Nov 2022 --- A gold rush of affluent consumers toward champagne is draining stocks of high-end bottles. Meanwhile, even during a year of inflationary pressures, other luxury foods, such as caviar, are seeing firm-up demand. Signs are pointing to a new roaring 20s for the food industry, in an authentic renaissance of the now centennial “années folles,” or “crazy years,” where excess primed over old-fashioned Aristotelian moderation.