French wine producers feel squeeze of U.S. boycott

MSNBC/Reuters ^ | 06/25/03 | Claude Cannellas

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I've trying some different wines. I wouldn't buy French wine at gunpoint. I'm amazed at how good the Idaho wines are that I've tried. I haven't tried any Australian wines, but I hear they've got some really good stuff, too.

[And I love it when I see signs in the windows of small stores that insist they do not sell French products. In fact, I saw one store sign that said that if you find a French product in their store, they'll pull it off the shelves and give you a comparable product from a different country for free.]

[VOA]

flagging sales to the United States left an air of gloom over the Vinexpo wine fair in Bordeaux

Let them drink their own freakin' wine.

[VOA]

I'm amazed at how good the Idaho wines are that I've tried.

I'm sure this would get me laughed out of about any decent restaurant,
(and I am NOT any sort of wine fancier)...but the best tasting wine
I've had is one that a friend got from one of the small vineyards that are close to the
interstate highway that runs from Joplin to St. Louis.

This was years ago, but I think the vineyard was run by a Catholic order.

[etcetera]

That's good news about French wines, but how are their cheese sales doing?

[Republican Wildcat]

Let them eat cake...with their unsold wine.

[Snuffington]

I have to admit, I've never found anything I like from Chile or Australia. Perhaps you could recommend something in a Cabernet, Shiraz, or Sangiovese?

At what price point? (Incidentally, I'm largely with you on Chile. Great potential, poorly executed. And, IMHO, no Sangiovese compares to Italian Chianti in value.)

[ChefKeith]

You can see a short list and if You need more info e-mail Me HERE

[ChefKeith]

OOOPPS try this ONE

[ChefKeith]

third try is a charmmaybe

[ChefKeith]

note to self practice making links...

[clintonh8r]

Mrs clintonh8r and some friends and I enjoyed a bottle of nice California chard tonight. I doubt we'll ever buy another bottle of French wine.

[thoughtomator]

"Over the past two months we've seen a fall of practically 25 percent, and that's more worrying," Feredj said. "But we think it's a phenomenon that will fade away with time."

I agree... in another 40 years we may have forgotten French betrayals.

[bmwcyle]

Yes get a child molester to fight your cause. Next time try a Catholic Priest. HAHAHAHA

[ApesForEvolution]

Can you cook with french wine? Ahh, but why ruin a good meal?

[freedumb2003]

>>but the best tasting wine
I've had is one that a friend got from one of the small vineyards that are close to the
interstate highway that runs from Joplin to St. Louis. <<

Vin de quarante quatre?

[RJayneJ]

''There's been a drop of 14 percent in March and 22 percent in April in sales of French wine,'' said New York wine importer Timothy Enos at the 12th biennial Vinexpo salon, describing the U.S. backlash against French products as ''ridiculous and excessive.''

They are like my husband. He doesn't understand after all these years that saying 'don't be ridiculous,' or don't be silly,' is not going to get him out of the dog house.

[fatima]

Double :):)

[DoughtyOne]

I grew up (3 to 14) on a farm outside Joplin, just four miles west of Diamond Missouri. We had wild grapes on the property. We picked them each summer. Wow, they were excellent. They were tart but very good.

[DoughtyOne]

Now you're going to get me in trouble. You stop that. ;-)

[Imal]

Why buy French whine when they give it away so freely?