What happened...can't put anti-freeze in their wine anymore
"The EU buys hundreds of millions of gallon of wine yearly for use in industry"
Are they serving up Coq au Vin everyday in the EU cafeterias?
Mmmm. Chicken stew.
Hee hee.
Whine, whine, whine, whine.. Tick off the US and watch your grapes wither on the vine.
Awwww. Feeling so bad for their sorry Anti-American arses. They hate our guts but want our money....This encourages me to continue to boycott all things french.
So French wine growers are more formidable than the French army. Sacre bleu!
Yep, since we quit buying Champagne and Grey Goose, I guess they are suffering... LOL(I understand France's exports are down dramatically)
Next time we ask for some support maybe they'll remember WWI & WWII!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Freaking French weasels. Can't get upset over people getting killed or tortured, but mess with their wine?
Mon Dieu! That's crossing a line!
Here's an interesting tidbit: Did you know that virtually all wine grapevines in Europe and California are grafted to rootstocks of East American origin? It's been that way since the 1870's. American vines are resistant to a small bug that kills the European plants. The bug was transported from America to Europe sometime during the 1850's when growers in Europe started experimenting with American grapevines.
the frogs won't defend their country from threats - but at least here is one thing they do feel strongly about.
Are they tossing lit Merlot Cocktails?
"The demonstrators were angry that, having cut their production, growers in northern regions boosted theirs, thus reducing wine prices across France."
LOL! They're upset that their attempt at colluding to inflate the price of wine didn't work!
They wanted to make more for working less, but the other wineries were willing to work harder to make more money.
Their solution? Have the government force the other wineries to stop producing so much, and have the EU buy more wine to subsidize their industry at inflated prices.
Yet the French wonder why their economy isn't growing, and are resorting to wanting to sell arms to the Chineese to prop up their economy.
If this is the kind of leadership that the French are going to show in the EU, it's clear that they EU will not become an economic powerhouse to rival the US.
French wine makers could sell a whole lot more wine in the US if the elitists in the blue states washed their socks more often.
Can you imagine?
"Ze feelthy Americains are not drinking enough wine, oui? Zen I say we throw a fit! We stamp our feet, we gnash our teeth, we wear our berets at a tilt, we stub our Gauloises out on ze sidewalk! A bas la lanterne, putains! How you like zem apples, eh?"
If the French winegrowers think they have problems now, wait until the Muslims take over their country and close down the entire wine and alchohol industries!
Dang. All those grapes.
You know, the French do have some good wines. But the Sicilians. Man, could I use some private label Sicilian about now. And, of course, they never export their best.
Sigh.
Perhaps if they get really mad, they'll burn their own vineyards. That should drive the price up.
The French make wine?