[zeaal]

Looks like the French are going to have to start drinking more wine ... or maybe their buddies the Russians might be interested.

[Tokhtamish]

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.