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French Wine Sales Still Dropping in United States
Wine Spectator ^
| June 18, 2003
| Dana Nigro
Posted on 06/20/2003 6:32:11 PM PDT by concentric circles
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To: Arthalion
Australian?
Try 2001 Reynolds Vineyards - Orange Vinyard, New South Wales Shiraz - $16.
Or 2001 Yangarra Park - South Eastern Australia Shiraz - $8.
To: concentric circles
Those numbers would have been even higher if it had not been for the drop in French wines.
That's not true at all. As overall sales are up 2% that means people shifted from buying French to buying other foreign or domestic brands. The pie grew a little bit and France lost out on a big chunk of it.
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posted on
06/20/2003 7:23:10 PM PDT
by
lelio
To: concentric circles
Sacre beu heu!
To: illumini
This figures, since only Republicans can afford the French wine. Um. Hello? Don't know about the rest of the country (I live in the Peoples' Soviet of Washington), but my experience of *active* Republicans in Seattle is:
- They are not wealthy,
- They are committed to their cause (there being more than one),
- Many have made personal sacrifices for their country, and
- They know diddly about "French" wines.
My experience of liberals here:
- They tend to be wealthy (well, the ones I see),
- Their "causes" are not what I would consider pro-American,
- "Ask not what I can do for my country, ask what my country can do for me," and - They will not give up French wines and cheese.
(Now I've had French wine & cheese -- over there, not the inferior stuff they export -- but for our latest wedding anniversary the Francophone/Farsi-speaking goodwife was happy for a nice Northwest champagne in lieu of something from a country apparently opposed to Iranian freedom.)
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posted on
06/20/2003 7:26:37 PM PDT
by
Eala
("Here in France I feel at home." --Madonna. So go already.)
To: BluH2o
Australian, in my most humble opinion, are the best bang for the buck ... consistantly very good and priced to sell. A lot of good stuff is coming out of the Hunter Valley -- though IMHO it's decidedly odd to see so many Scottish names as the vintners of so many good wines! (So much for the Auld Alliance... *\;-)
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posted on
06/20/2003 7:30:00 PM PDT
by
Eala
("Here in France I feel at home." --Madonna. So go already.)
To: lelio
I think you're right. Those numbers don't just reflect a lot of people giving up French wine for lent. Americans are staying home a little more and spending some of that time drinking a little more wine. But not Gallic wine.
To: concentric circles
I tried Lindeman's Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 45 last night, a very nice and inexpensive Australian wine. Regular price $10, on sale for $7.
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posted on
06/20/2003 7:41:25 PM PDT
by
Mihalis
(The French boycott continues)
To: concentric circles
I needed a Cotes du Rhone for a dish I prepared tonight, and didn't want to buy french, so I asked my sommnier for a good replacement. He suggested (Seriously)
Goats do Roam.
It's a South African wine made with generally the same types of grapes, Grenache, Pinotage, Shiraz, Cinsault, and Carignan.
I think it's actually better than some of the vintages I've had from France. And dinner went off wonderfully.
/john
To: Arthalion
Greg Norman owns a good (Australian) winery. Most anything under his label is good.
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posted on
06/20/2003 7:59:22 PM PDT
by
Log
To: concentric circles
I tried some Mogan David 2003, vintage last Thrusday, and it was good. Spilled some on my shirt and it ate a hole in it. Oh well...
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posted on
06/20/2003 8:02:35 PM PDT
by
CommandoFrank
(Peer into the depths of hell and there is the face of Islam!)
To: concentric circles
Excellent news! I quit drinking the champagne and the Goose!
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posted on
06/20/2003 8:27:53 PM PDT
by
kellynla
("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
To: concentric circles
Heck, we even have wineries in TEXAS now! That alone should scare the French.
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posted on
06/20/2003 8:33:31 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(An organic conservative)
To: mdittmar
Let them eat cake.They can't sell their wine? Let them drink it.
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posted on
06/20/2003 8:36:14 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: concentric circles
Wine is the tip of the iceburg.
Normal people eat yogurt, also.
Dannon and Yoplait seem to be gathering a little dust on shelves.
I know I dont buy it, and I am vocal as to why I dont buy it, when we stroll that isle in the grocery store.
The store brands and Breyers seem to be slowly commanding larger shelf space.
More people need to know that the French are heavily into yogurt.
A guess, but I would venture the French would feel a more lethal blow, if the boycott highlighted exported staples, as opposed to luxury items.
It would be interesting to find the figures regarding Yoplait and Dannon sales.For us unwashed, uneducated wine drinking masses...who did not buy overly priced French wines, anyway.
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posted on
06/20/2003 8:55:58 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(Punish France.Ignore Germany.Forgive Russia..)
To: manic4organic
we even have wineries in TEXAS now! That alone should scare the French.I was sceptical at first, even though I am Texas born and bred, and love my State. But the Llano wines aren't terrible. I've even developed some recipes that work really well with them.
The vintners in Texas need some time to refine the process, but they do ok.
/john
To: concentric circles
In the "How low can you go?" category, I just found a bottle of Willow Creek Merlot at the Save-Mart for $1.88 in Fresno. Bottled in Lodi, just up the road a piece. It hasn't burned a hole in my shirt, but I've has HAZMAT training.
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posted on
06/20/2003 9:05:36 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: sarasmom
We have 3 yogurt eaters in the family. Dannon no longer graces the shelves of our fridge. Now it's Brown Cow, with yummy cream on top. The kids have given up asking for Dannon; they know it's not coming back. Likewise the wine. We didn't buy French much anyway, but it's off the list permanently. We stick with domestic wines most of the time.
To: concentric circles
This is more impressive in the context of a stellar 2000 vintage of Bordeaux in the market this year. The drop is certainly not due to quality this year!
To: PoorMuttly
So are American cheeses. Um... speaking as one next door to Wisconsin, we have a way to go there yet. Thankfully we have England, Spain, and Italy to wean us off of our French stuff.
To: Snuffington
Yes, that's true. But we must make some small sacrifices to hammer..uh...clearly make our little point...through the haze of cigarette smoke and philosophy, so our French brothers and sisters realize once again, that they really are not alone...and that may be a very good thing for them.
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posted on
06/20/2003 9:15:59 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
(Never Forget....ANYTHING ! especially when it concerns our hideously-spilled blood, for OTHERS)
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