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To: MadIvan

The boycott probably has some effect; but as someone who lived the past 5-years in Chile, I can say that Chilean and Argentinean wines are having a big impact on the world market. Chilean and Argie wines are very good and very cheap. I seek them out at local markets and would never consider a European wine over a good Chilean wine.

Also, France's production costs are way higher than the "New World" producers. I recently read that in France, one worker tends 2-hectares of vineyard, where in Australia and Chile one worker tends about 10-hectares. The French just can not compete economically. I toured a two-year old winery in Chile earlier this year and it was a world-class facility...everything state of art, owned by one of the wealthies families in Chile. The Chileans are doing joint-ventures with North American producers and are aggresively marketing their wines world wide.

Regards


137 posted on 11/28/2006 12:06:12 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: Cuttnhorse

Some of the most prosperous vineyards in Chile are owned by French vintners. Wine growing in France is closely regulated; to avoid these regs and to expand their production French vintners invested heavily in Chilean land that approaches the flinty consistency of the best French wine-growing soil.

They may even use French root-stock which is originally from Texas, imported to France after French root-stock was destroyed by disease.


142 posted on 11/28/2006 12:41:57 PM PST by Barset
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