...another sign of the triumph of Australian and Californian wines.
Regards, Ivan
1 posted on
06/07/2006 10:57:23 PM PDT by
MadIvan
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2 posted on
06/07/2006 10:57:45 PM PDT by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
Foster Brooks would be appalled (hic!).
3 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?
5 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!
6 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!
7 posted on
06/07/2006 11:04:41 PM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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. :)
10 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?
11 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.
12 posted on
06/07/2006 11:19:09 PM PDT by
DannyTN
To: MadIvan
15 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
16 posted on
06/07/2006 11:28:05 PM PDT by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
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17 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....
19 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.
To: MadIvan
"...the EU will finance the conversion of millions of bottles of French and Italian wine into industrial alcohol."Wondering if it will make visiting a hospital any less unpleasant ?
21 posted on
06/07/2006 11:49:52 PM PDT by
norton
To: MadIvan
France: Bottle up some of your best. Design a label featuring a frog wearing a beret, smoking a Gauloise, and waving a white flag. Print "Made in France by garlic reeking surrender monkeys," and charge $2.99 per bottle.
I might buy one or two for laughs.
22 posted on
06/08/2006 12:03:11 AM PDT by
NaughtiusMaximus
(Join me! Every night I pray for Global Warming . (And I think it's beginning to work.))
To: MadIvan
Hahahahaha! Deez-on-fekt-ont
23 posted on
06/08/2006 12:08:48 AM PDT by
urluquai
(When the dollar crashes the immigration will stop too.(maybe))
To: MadIvan
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