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**esanamaserrn** · 12-12-2005, 06:16 PM

Really? Didn't know about that. I heard that the loss of influence of french wine was a result of the concurrence from italian, californian, australian and south african wines, which for a similar quality are often cheaper.

That is what they call 'propaganda'. That would be the French perspective. Fact is there is a notable "boycott French wine" movement rolling in Canada, Australia and UK and has been going for some 12 years now and French wine sales have fallen very significantly in all three countries.

And it ain't the price - French wine is fairly cheap here - cheaper than Italian wine anyway. Indeed, due to exchange rate perversities, US and Aussie wines have become comparatively expensive here lately - yet they are the prime beneficiaries of the 'boycott French wine' movement.

France chose to nuke-test Bikini Island 12 years ago. I haven't touched a drop of French wine since.

12-12-2005, 06:16 PM	#15
esanamaserrn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 475 Senior Member	Really? Didn't know about that. I heard that the loss of influence of french wine was a result of the concurrence from italian, californian, australian and south african wines, which for a similar quality are often cheaper. That is what they call 'propaganda'. That would be the French perspective. Fact is there is a notable "boycott French wine" movement rolling in Canada, Australia and UK and has been going for some 12 years now and French wine sales have fallen very significantly in all three countries. And it ain't the price - French wine is fairly cheap here - cheaper than Italian wine anyway. Indeed, due to exchange rate perversities, US and Aussie wines have become comparatively expensive here lately - yet they are the prime beneficiaries of the 'boycott French wine' movement. France chose to nuke-test Bikini Island 12 years ago. I haven't touched a drop of French wine since.
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