Anything more would be stored until the CIVB decided that conditions had improved.
And what do they do with it next year when thay have even MORE that isn't sold???
Winecountry Finger Lakes Wine Country
Seneca Lake wines are the best of the bunch.
Posted on 07/08/2004 7:42:19 PM PDT by ijcr
Who are these Frenches?
Even the Chinese know that drinking smokey pencil lead is a bad experience. Yikes, at the last wine tasting, had the horrible experience of sipping a Band-Aid. It doesn't get much worse than that.
As for 2003---if I was a Sauterne fancier---they are rated 95-100. Go figure.
They're getting hammered by the millions of Americans who refuse to buy anything French. Wine is a primary target of the boycott - their problem is they can't sell it.
See post #23. You can't sell wine to any consumer if the product is horrible--even the Chinese.
Think I'll run over to the Paso Robles Outback and get a bottle or two...Adelaida for Zinfandel and Carmody-McKnight for Champagne (Yes, Froggies, Champagne...made in America.) Don't give a rip if you do think it's your word and product.
A story I read and like to believe is that many wine fanciers tried Chilean, Aussie and CA wines on a lark rather than a serious boycott and realized that these other vintages were just as good if not better, as well as being vastly cheaper. Word-of-mouth got around, more people tried them and liked them and now the movement is picking up steam. The spell of snob appeal has been irrevocably broken and the myth of French superiority lies shattered along with the rest of "La Gloire."
(A word in a language French would know much better if not for the USA)
I used to follow the Bordeaux wines pretty closely, and would lay in a case or two when the getting was good. I opened one bottle of 1982 wine for my birthday a couple of years ago whose list price had gone up from $15 to $200. If you buy it early and keep it for 10 years or more, the prices are reasonable.
BUT, since Chirac stabbed us in the back, with the full approval of the French people, I haven't bought a single bottle of French wine, and I'm not going to for the foreseeable future. Too bad, because I like the stuff, but I just can't justify buying anything French after their treacherous behavior.
While I doubt that our boycott could ruin the French wine industry. Every American dollar not spent on French goods, can only isolate them economically. Also it will make them realize that there are bigger fish out there then themselves.
Les Français sont des singes de capitulation qui mangent du fromage.
Hey Frenchies, if you want some advise on how to handle this crisis, just ask our vice president! He'll tell you all what to do!
The French make wine?
Anything more would be stored until the CIVB decided that conditions had improved.
And what do they do with it next year when thay have even MORE that isn't sold???
Winecountry Finger Lakes Wine Country
Seneca Lake wines are the best of the bunch.
To wit: YELOW TAIL. Their Chardonnay is light and delicate, slightly effervescent. Their merlot is a robust, red-meat, fruity, deep red treat. No more FRANCH wine for me, thank you...
The Chilean wines are exciting--most are not for the timid. Spain has a great variety too. Likewise--can't forget the Italian Tuscan region.
they are powerful if they are real, and we should throw them in the face of the Demonrats...
The article makes no mention of the American boycott -- so they can keep pretending that their politics are not part of the problem.
C'est vrai. Et le pamplemousse aussi.
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