whine, whine, whine...
Before anyone expresses the typical moronic glee, we should remember that France has just elected a President and a Chamber of Deputees that is fiercely pro-America and supports the war on terror. In the last election, the United States elected a Congress that is fiercely anti-American and opposes the war on terror.
By contrast, the CEEV wine trade association welcomed the reform. "If we wish to remain world leader, we need a market-oriented [approach] allowing European wines to be more competitive both in the internal market and in the external markets," said Lamberto Vallarino Gancia, head of the CEEV.Duh. Protectionism never works.
Is this about ‘wine growing’ or ‘the whine growing’?
Not too unhappy about this, as a minister of the French goverment is a truther, http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x1c5tv_sarkozy-contre-bush, and thinks Bush is behind the 9/11 attacks. The attitude of the interviewer is also disgusting.
Here is her email: cboutin@assemblee-nationale.fr
And here is the French Embassy’s US contact page: http://www.ambafrance-us.org/comment.asp
Let the grapes rot. I’ve had enough.
Good lord, apparently, wine prices are worth murdering for, but defending the country from Islamist infiltration is not. I guess the wine-terrorists will show up once all alcohol is banned under Sharia.
I thought they grew grapes.
Good. Hope are wonderful Washington State wine industry is helping bury the french.
As an aside, this line struck me:
“He said times were so bad that several winegrowers had committed suicide since the beginning of the year.”
The reporter passes this along as fact without any information beyond “he said.” You should see what the Palestinians SAY about the Israelis!
Every country needs to start demanding that their press report facts and not emotional stories with unverified hearsay.
sounds like sour grapes to me...
Please recall that wine, even cheap French wine has alcohol.
Alcohol is forbidden by Islam.
Therefore, the death of the wine industry is a boon for Islam and therefore the New France.
Inevitable.
Leni
Most Muslims don't drink wine...
Capitalism brought us fine French wines. Socialism bears only vinegar.
Do the math Pierre. How much do socialist French workers demand to be paid vs. capitalist Eastern European workers?
If Europe can afford to produce a gallon of ethanol for around $2, I think that they would be able to sell it here for a bit more than that (I don’t believe that any subsidy money is available for offshore producers, although I haven’t verified that.)
It may be that the very best wine regions or subregions retain their advantages, but once you get out of the prime Bordeaux areas (to cite one example), vast areas of Chile, Australia, Spain, South Africa, New Zealand, the NW Pacific of the US, Texas (yes!), and many others, are producing very good, if not great, wine. In some cases, the French have priced their domestic business out of the market; a lot of the "peasant wine " sold in France comes from places like Yugoslavia and Algeria.
Politics aside, I can’t see how destroying the vineyard is going to help them get back on their feet financially. Also a lousy choice as a statement. Why not just take the year’s wine production and pour it out in the streets?