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Europe's glut of wine to be turned into disinfectant
The Scotsman ^
| June 8, 2006
| Staff
Posted on 06/07/2006 10:57:19 PM PDT by MadIvan
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...another sign of the triumph of Australian and Californian wines.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/07/2006 10:57:23 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: Texican; Watery Tart; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; pax_et_bonum; ...
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posted on
06/07/2006 10:57:45 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
Foster Brooks would be appalled (hic!).
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:00:04 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: MadIvan
Archer Daniels Midland can't be happy about this
To: MadIvan
Where does Boone's Farm come from?
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:01:48 PM PDT
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: MadIvan
...another sign of the triumph of Australian and Californian wines. And thank heavens I recognized their superiority way back in the early 1970s when excellent California wines were still very affordable!
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:03:34 PM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
To: MadIvan
Save the Rieslings!
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:04:41 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Liberty Valance
Actually the best Riesling I've ever drank came from New Zealand.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:06:05 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
The growing popularity of wines from the New World has been blamed for the decline in the appetite for traditional European produce I suppose those of us who no longer buy French wines have NOTHING to do with it.
To: MadIvan
I can't believe people still call us "The New World".
Weird. :)
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:07:30 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(If fences don't work, why is there a fence around the White House?)
To: MadIvan
And what happened to Bacchus worship?
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:09:15 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: MadIvan
"...another sign of the triumph of Australian and Californian wines. "And the folly of French arrogance in butting heads with America over Iraq.
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:19:09 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MadIvan
"NEARLY a billion bottles of French and Italian wine are to be turned into fuel and disinfectant because producers cannot find buyers. " I understand Australia has the same problem. But I think they have decided not to make wine from the surplus grapes.
yitbos
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:22:11 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: Bernard Marx
TN has some wines...other than White Lightening.
But I'm a teetotaler so I don't know if they are any good or not. And yes I know White Lightening isn't technically a wine.
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:23:02 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MadIvan
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:24:33 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(A nation without borders is not a nation." president Reagan)
To: MadIvan
ABC PM Australia
Grape glut: call for subsidised vine pull PM
Monday, 5 June , 2006 18:38:28
Reporter: Nance Haxton
MARK COLVIN: The wine industry's getting more worried about the grape glut, and some are now calling for the radical step of a government-subsidised scheme to help producers get out of the industry altogether.
There's to be a national wine summit in Melbourne this Friday. And as it approaches, some winemakers are saying a mass cull of grape vines, otherwise known as a vine pull, is the only way out for some.
The national glut has meant that for some growers the sale price wouldn't even cover the cost of picking, so their grapes are withering on the vine.
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1655724.htm
yitbos
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:28:05 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: Clemenza
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:30:36 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: MadIvan
True, but also the falling dollar and rising Euro price them out of the US & Asian markets (where the currencies are more closely tied to the dollar), while US and South American wines are less expensive imports to Europe and Asia.
To: MadIvan
Keep the Italian stuff!!!
But by all means, dump the French....
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posted on
06/07/2006 11:40:49 PM PDT
by
schwing_wifey
(Lily was mistaken.. The Borg are Swedish...Resistance is Futile.... PST +9hours)
To: MadIvan
Given that (A) much of Europe has a birthrate in the 1.3 children per woman range and (B) the large number of Muslim immigrants who are settling in Europe don't (in theory, anyway) drink alcohol, what does the European wine industry expect, a booming market? Even without the competition from America, the European market for wine is contracting with the native European population.
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