[conservativehusker]

Doesn't matter..I don't do french!

[MarineBrat]

[mnehring]

I've read this article before and I have to disagree in that, while warmer temps may help wine, too much rain will hurt it.. If the trends of 'global warming' are true, we'll have much more rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere.. Where this may help is the Northern Italian wines that have a shorter growth season. It will drastically hurt the Alsace regional wines, such as Gewurztraminer and Riesling that get much of their sweetness from cold weather bursts..

[YOUGOTIT]

Anyone who would drink French anything needs to move to that country or to Iran.

But then we allow the French to supply the rocket fuel for the Space Shuttle so who cares give your money to the French and they can give it to the terrorist.

[Recon Dad]

"When hell freezes over" and in looking at my appointment book that date is filling up fast.

[stuartcr]

More for those of us that do drink French wines.

[kkalman]

At $40 a bottle of .75L french wine it may be be a bargain
but you can get decent California wines in a 5 Liter box for $10-15.
5 Liters of the french wine would cost about $266. It may be
a little better but is it 25 times better?

[quantim]

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[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I find myself looking carefully at labels wherever I'm shopping. If it says France, I won't buy it. If it says Denmark, I buy it. Any products.

[quantim]

2003 Domaine Louis Moreau Chablis "Les Clos," Chablis Grand Cru

2003 M. Chapoutier "La Bernardine," Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Those are some really great, great wines.  Too bad they can't be replicated somewhere else.  They are unique.

[blanknoone]

It is interesting to note that most of the grapes were 'chosen' (meaning particular varieties affiliated with particular regions) during the medieval warm period. In other words during an earlier warmer era. Lets face it...people in 1100 weren't putting bordeaxs up for 30 years before they became drinkable.

[Pilsner]

Stock up your cellar while you can. The coming imposition of Sharia law in France will have a very negative effect on the French wine industry

[Rakkasan1]

Michael Creighton says that within weeks of the cold war ending, "global warming" came into the lexicon and with great frequency.

[Churchillspirit]

I love French reds, but for patriotic (as well as financial) reasons I stick to our lovely California products.

[Decepticon]

Let me guess. This will be a thread where certain people jump on and justify their purchases of french wine because they can.."taste the subtle aromas of honey bee's in spring, along with moderate rainfall and cloud covered skies, imbuing this vintage with the delicate sense of and palate reminiscent of the '42 ripple....well worth the $70 I paid back in 2004.

[PsyOp]

Well, these days many French wines are grown on California bred root-stock, since much of their own was destroyed by blight some years ago. Drink up, France, California saved your wine industry for you. Oh, how that must gall the gauls.

[GVnana]

the occasional French winemaker would refer to such a hot year as a "California vintage"

I'll take a pass on the French wine and drink the real deal.

[DeFault User]

tar and leather; red fruit and barnyard aroma; star, mint and shoe polish aromas; chalk

I might not be a "nose", but I "knows" that doesn't sound appealing.