As for myself, I don't drink piss in a bottle, no matter where it comes from.
Posted on 05/29/2005 3:11:18 PM PDT by quidnunc
Paris – French wine exports sank again in the first quarter of 2005 confirming a downward spiral which has plunged the sector into crisis and brought thousands of wine-growers out onto the streets in protest.
"Global over-production in 2004, which is put at between 10 to 20 million hectolitres, is pulling prices down and adding to the problems of French wines which are being asked to become simpler in taste to meet growing world consumption," said Louis-Regis Affre, an official from the French Federation of Exporters of Wines and Spirits (FEVS).
Apart from champagnes and sparkling wines, exports of French wine dropped some 13.0% in value and 13.2% in volume in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, FEVS said.
This adds to the misery seen in 2004, when French wine exports lost some 9.2% in value, of which some €752m ($943m) were lost in just the first quarter.
The French government recently unlocked €7m in aid in a bid to throw a lifebuoy to the country's wine producers, but for many it is merely a drop in the ocean.
"It's very little in relation to what is actually needed, and the framework to implement it isn't even in place yet," said Affre.
On Wednesday, thousands of producers took to the streets of the southern city of Nimes in the Languedoc-Roussillon region demanding further emergency measures to save wine-growers from disaster.
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The only thing Cornell University did right was the development of the Cayuga grape. Check out NY wineries that are based on Cayuga. Outstanding flavor. I rather like Bully Hill, Swedish Hill (also Goose Neck), Heron Hill and Hunt Country (to name a few).
drink ( P ) Pronunciation Key (drngk) v. drank, (drngk) drunk, (drngk) drink·ing, drinks v. tr.
To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid).
To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel): drank a cup of tea.
To take in or soak up; absorb: drank the fresh air; spongy earth that drank up the rain.
To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect: drank in the beauty of the day.
To give or make (a toast).
To toast (a person or an occasion, for example): We'll drink your health.
To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic liquors: drank our sorrows away.
--Dictionary.com
Just because French's is yellow, it doesn't mean it's French...
Free enterprise forever!
Heck... I DO!
Trajan88
Support your local wineries. You'll find YOUR favorites.
Of Course!
Maine has many many wineries.
I think sone one makes blueberry wine downeast.
Think about it...bluebery wine.
Ah, the French, how can I say this?
Too F'ing bad, I will buy nothing made by the French, not one thing.
Not even their Whine!
prelimingary results: drunk is inded a dverb
I only buy french ski equipment
California alone has 1,600 wineries. its a world wide glut
I feel soooooo bad from them. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Drown in it you POS country. I wouldn't buy anything from that useless country!!
I won't pay $5 here for that swill. Drown in it France.
I did.
aren't you special? I only buy white flags from the disgusting frogs.
Who cares? Hopefully France sinks into an abyss they can NEVER recover from.
Gimme a name.
Harald
As for myself, I don't drink piss in a bottle, no matter where it comes from.
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