http://winexpression.com/2005/04/29/french-wine-to-be-used-as-fuel/ A Blog Serving Wine News Since August 2003 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:32:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://winexpression.com/2005/04/29/french-wine-to-be-used-as-fuel/#comment-4510 Winexpression » Blog Archive » European Farm Ministers Back Reform Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:37:10 +0000 http://winexpression.com/?p=246#comment-4510 [...] In an effort to win back market share from New World wine regions, the European Union Farm Ministers association overwhelmingly agreed on Monday that reform is necessary for the continent’s wine industry to improve. After the embarrassment last year of having to distill millions of gallons of wine into fuel, the EU is eager to avoid the same this year. The group is talking about the removal of 10% of the vineyards in the area, but some fear that farmers would be hurt even more by doing that. [...] [...] In an effort to win back market share from New World wine regions, the European Union Farm Ministers association overwhelmingly agreed on Monday that reform is necessary for the continent’s wine industry to improve. After the embarrassment last year of having to distill millions of gallons of wine into fuel, the EU is eager to avoid the same this year. The group is talking about the removal of 10% of the vineyards in the area, but some fear that farmers would be hurt even more by doing that. [...]

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