Mady Rahl, an „old“ friend from Ruth Stoll's Berlin days, sits at the regulars' table to tell her usual glass of champagne to enjoy. But what a disappointment! Instead of the usual Pommery, she is confronted with an ordinary sparkling wine.
She sips from her glass. „Ruthie, you can't do that to me. The booze tastes terrible.“ Ruth says to her husband: „Fredy, why don't you look in the cellar and see if you can find a bottle of champagne for our Mady?“ And indeed. Fredy arrives with a bottle of Pommery. Mady tastes it and is delighted when she realises: „Hmm ... of course that's something completely different.“.
A little later, when the supposed bottle of Pommery had already been emptied, Fredy Stoll revealed his secret. He had secretly swapped the labels and turned the cheap sparkling wine into a premium champagne.
Mady, who was often in the mood for all kinds of mischief herself, remembered this episode for a long time and endured it with humour.
