[wastedyears]

I really like this stuff. I need another bottle.

http://www.wineloverspage.com/wines/tn.phtml?id=729

[Loud Mime]

another surrender by the French

[nutmeg]

ping

[Grizzled Bear]

Some have gone as far as inventing “critter labels” to compete with Australia's Yellow Tail and assorted other parrots and wallabies. These include Rhôning Stones and Bois-Moi (Drink Me). A French Languedoc wine sold 1.3 million bottles to Australia last year under the brand of Arrogant Frog.

I really enjoy Aussie wines. My favorite is Rosemount Red. Yellow tale is particularly good when you're in the mood for a sweet dessert wine.

[JimSEA]

We will not fall as low as the Americans

There is no point to writing an article on any subject if you can not throw this line in somewhere.

[ElkGroveDan]

Don’t knock French wine. It makes a great salad dressing when you mix it with oil, and it also works really well for cleaning stainless steel appliances.

[Just another Joe]

A very nice Zenfendel Port is a thing to desire.

Other than that, I could care less.

[Defiant]

you may grow gewurtztramminer, the classic Alsace white, anywhere in France and sell it as gewurtztramminer in the new Wine of France category.

Sounds like a Wine of Germany to me. But we don't want to get into another one of those wars.

[vetvetdoug]

I like an Irish economical wine, Wild Irish Rose. Its cheap, I can swallow it, and is good cold or warm and has the same effect.

[Cacique]

One thing I miss about Argentina is a good bottle of Malbec. Fortunately I can get that here in New York. I’ll take that over the overpriced French wines any day.

[farlander]

“A French Languedoc wine sold 1.3 million bottles to Australia last year under the brand of Arrogant Frog.”

Well then. Frenchies with some sense of self-deprecating humor. I may have to try a bottle of that.

[robomatik]

i feel compelled to plug my brothers new winery Renascent Vineyards

he has a vineyard and a tasting room. it is in a beautiful valley in sw ohio.

[pissant]

Truth be told, US West coast wines are generally better than French. But since west coast wines are the best in the world, it is not an insult to France.....or Italy, or Spain

[Caipirabob]

Sound like a marketing opportunity. Simply regulate (I know, you hate the word, but this is a necessity for credibility and it can be a private organization amongst the vineyards) that vineyards need to label the the method they are utilizing for a particular wine. A single vineyard can produce both "traditional" and "new world" varieties and expand their product line and hopefully market share.

Just yappin'... I dunno - I just drink the stuff. By the gallons...