French Wines Still Facing Hard Times in U.S. Market

Wine Spectator ^ | September 30, 2003 | Nick Fauchald

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While Americans in harms way strive to assist an Iraqi society held back for many years by a bloody tyrant other nations have had the opportunity to stand up for civilization or to linger in the shadows of venal sloth.

[Huck]

http://www.conchaytoro.com/

Concha y Toro. Reasonably priced Chilean wine. A great 10 dollar bottle of juice. It's the house wine in my home.

[Drango]

It's wrong to be French.

[COBOL2Java]

www.virginiawines.org

[Recovering_Democrat]

waa waaa. I'll go out of my way to avoid French wine. Arnold, your state just might produce the next bottle I buy! :)

[Jumper]

I had a one-way ongoing love affair with French wine for over 10-years, rarely drinking any other type. Recently, I have discovered German wines, Spanish wines, Australian wines, South African wines lately and even that leftist concoction called Californian.... Living in Europe finds me quite surprised at the headway Californian wines are making in Brussels!

[Paulie]

Just last night my wife and I had the pleasure of thumbing our nose to the French section of wines, opting for Italian. Heck, I even came close to trying some good ol' New York State bred red wine.

Haven't knowingly bought anything even remotely French since their shennanigans about Iraq way back when - and no plans to.

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I recommend a Paso Robles red. Like something from J. Lohr.

In the late 1960's, Jerry Lohr began an extensive investigation of grape growing regions throughout California. As a result of his farming background, he has always understood and respected the importance of soil quality, climate and location, which led him to California's Central Coast region. In 1972 and 1973, he planted 280 acres of wine grapes at Greenfield Vineyards in Monterey County, and in 1974 completed his winery in San Jose. In 1988 property near Paso Robles was purchased, now encompassing over 1600 acres of vineyards, primarily Cabernet Sauvignon and other red varietals, and an adjacent winery and barrel facility. Also in 1988 Jerry began expansion of his vineyards in Greenfield, which now includes more than 750 acres of Chardonnay and other cool climate varietals such as Riesling, Pinot Blanc, and Valdiguié. By the late 1970's, J. Lohr wines were distributed throughout the United States, and in the late 1980's an international sales department was added. Today the J. Lohr products are available in more than 20 countries worldwide. The goal of J. Lohr Winery is to produce only varietals which can compete with the finest in the world, using a style which focuses on flavor and complexity through vineyard selection, technology and innovation.

[Porterville]

Is it any wonder??? It taste like dirt. Give me a good bottle of Merlot from Wild Horse in San Luis Obispo County... kills any french dirt.

[patton]

Time wounds many heals. ~Heinlein.

[Porterville]

Yes, yes it is wrong to be french and it is wrong to use a capital letter when writing the word french and it is also wrong to say french out loud... it is like saying the "F" word which has more rights to a capital letter then the word french.

[chilepepper]

Expensive French wine is good, but is *really*, well, expensive. The middle priced French wine has always been so-so IMHO particularly compared with California and Chilean wines, and THAT is changing now that there are also excellent wines showing up from Australia and even from Bulgaria and Romania...

I personally think the French will never recover their market share for anything but the real expensive stuff, still prefered by the America-hating elites since it is so chic to disdain ones homeland.

[Paul Atreides]

You gotta appreciate a good Fr*nch whine.

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I see we enjoy similar tastes.

[Porterville]

15 dollars a bottle at Albertson's regularly 21.00

The Unions actually have a purpose...

[sushiman]

Try some LONG ISLAND wines !

[BiffWondercat]

Perhaps true, but when one continues to inflict wounds and thrust a dagger into our back - it kinda starts all over again! That government is beyond contempt, and it's people
deserve even more so.

I buy Aussie and Italian wines. I even stopped the Belgium beers for their gutless ways.

[sushiman]

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

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