Chardonnay - Three Dollars a Gallon?
In a follow up to a story I covered in April, by the end of this year about 40 MILLION Gallons of wine will have been distilled into pure Ethanol and used as an additive in Gasoline. Since European refineries export to the United States, that gas going into your car could include a little remnant of Pinot Noir or Chardonnay by early next year. Just please don’t taste it and say I told you to.
Why such a lowly use for what could have been a wonderful product? Slumping sales coupled with a glut of excess grapes are to blame.
Read International Herald Tribune - Europe
