Posted on 03/20/2003 9:06:11 PM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker
French wineries are withering as millions of Americans have begun a boycott of French wine and other French goods, the New York Times reported Thursday. The Times report, "A Most Unsettling Time for French Wineries,” appeared on the cover of the World Business section of the paper.
The paper reports: "So the threat of a boycott of French wines by Americans annoyed at the French position on Iraq is hard to take. And it could not come at a worse time for a struggling industry. Last year was a good year, but over all the industry is under siege.”
More: ". . . one of the biggest Bordeaux wine merchants, has faxed copies of The New York Post on his desk, sent by an American friend, with photos of French wines next to California and Australian wines, under the headline ‘Just Say Non.’ Over the non-French wines is printed ‘Oui’; over the French wines ‘Non.’”
The boyctott of French goods comes on the heels of France’s effort to lead a worldwide coalition of nations to oppose the U.S. efforts to have the UN disarm Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
Since the U.S. has led a military coalition to disarm Iraq, France has declared the action "illegal” and continues to stand with Iraq.
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Group Danone (French?) owns Dannon yogurt now but it was founded by Sephardic Jews. Ironically it's now on the Frog boycott list
Everything changes when Isaac Carasso then his son Daniel set up, in Spain, then in France, Danone. Stemming from a Sephardic family of Salonique, Isaac Carasso settles down in Barcelona during the first world war.
In 1919, he begins the manufacture of yoghourts in a small workshop of the Catalan town, the street Los Angeles, right by the famous Ramblas. Regular visitor to Metchnikoff's works, Isaac Carasso believes in the virtues of lactic ferments to fight against the intestinal, frequent infections then to the small Catalan.
http://www.dannon.com/aboutDannon/ourHeritage.cfm
The Dannon Company, Inc. has its roots in Spain, where Danone was founded by Isaac Carasso in 1919. Having previously lived in the Balkans where yogurt was a dietary staple, Carasso decided to introduce this healthy product in Barcelona by opening a small yogurt business named "Danone," meaning "Little Daniel" after his son. Isaac Carasso was aware of scientific advances that had been made with fermented milk products by Elie Metchnikoff at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He had the idea to combine the traditional method of making yogurt with the pure cultures that had been isolated in Paris, thus perfecting the first industrial manufacturing process for yogurt. The younger Carasso, Daniel, learned the family business in Spain and decided to establish Danone in France in 1929.
I've never had Prosecco but a number of California winemakers make some very fine sparkling wine: Schramsburg, S. Anderson and Pacific Echo.
Prosecco is just the generic term for very dry Italian sparkling wine. It is very clean and has a wonderful flavor. Most avid wine drinkers that think they generally dislike champagne love prosecco.
There is good California sparkling wines that I find very acceptable, but most of the ones that are really good are very substantially more expensive than their Italian counterparts. I have a ton of California wine in my cellar, but no California bubbly even though I have tasted quite a bit. I was never a huge fan of champagne at any price until the lady of the house brought home a bottle of prosecco that one of our wine suppliers told her to try.
I was assigned to LIVE OAK co-located with SHAPE. It was a unit with a classified mission that no longer exists. We had a French contingent. Once, while hosting the British, German, French officers I arranged the meal. I had some superior California wines decanted so the origin of the wine was not able to be discerned. Frankly, I was tired of the French arrogance about the quality of their wine. The meal progressed well and the mystery surrounding the wine was the subject of much discussion. When I announced at the conclusion of the meal that the wines were of Californian origin the French were in disbelief because the speculation during the meal was all centered around which French wines had been served. I loved it.
Regards, Ivan
Regards, Ivan
We don't like your government and we don't like your attitude.
Can't sell your wine? Take a bath in it (ooops, nevermind).
She looked pretty good in that outfit but didn't even know how to start the Hoover.
Currently looking for a nice English or Irish housekeeper to keep my household in good order.
The water still comes from France.
The wine business is *VERY* tough right now (e.g.- great for wine drinkers because of the intense competition and over-supply of *REALLY* good alternative wines, like Chilean, Australian, even Bulgarian!)
The point is, that since things are so tough, a boycott makes a serious problem almost a life-threatening one... lets keep it going!!!!
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