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To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Looks like the French are going to have to start drinking more wine ... or maybe their buddies the Russians might be interested.
28 posted on 03/20/2003 9:56:23 PM PST by zeaal
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To: zeaal
Some years back I saw a PBS documentary about a French vineyard. There was a scene were they were pitching their product to a British supermarket chain. While the husband was showing their wines to the taster, the wife's entire body language screamed desparation.

For a long time now the French wine industry has been glutted with vin ordinaire (jug wine) producers and the market has dropped. It has been a protected, subsidized industry in France for a while now.
48 posted on 03/21/2003 3:22:37 AM PST by Tokhtamish
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