[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["...adding to the problems of French wines which are being asked to become simpler in taste to meet growing world consumption,..."]

Mon Deux! We actually have to give the customers what they want! The horror!

Marketing savvy they clearly lack.

PS: I swore in the runup to the Iraq war that I wever buy another bottle of French wine (some of which I really liked, so it was no small sacrifice) and I am happy to report that I have held fast to my pledge -- this to the benefit of California vintners.

[bill1952]

"Marketing savvy they clearly lack."

Guy, that is clearly the understatement of the decade.

Most people have never seen the French reaction when you ask for more...

[bill1952]

Cool.

It's not alway easy.

Here in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, there is a Club Med that my wife and I always used to frequent on any occasion, where the buffet, and unlimited wine and beer was an added attraction.
Yes, you could get quite smashed there drinking all of the wine that you just got up and reached into the cooler for another bottle or two..

Screw them forever.