POLITICO.com - French wine snobs beware - the shit is about to hit 'le fan'. Winemakers in the prestigious Bordeaux region are set to uproot thousands of hectares of vineyards as altered consumer habits and global warming hit one of the crown jewels of the French agricultural industry.
Given Bordeaux's flagship status in the public's mind, this might seem surprising. Yet a mix of factors — including a decline in red wine consumption, falling demand from China and difficulties in producing wine in an increasingly warm environment — is strikingly transforming wine production in France. And then there's 'climate change'. Of course there is...
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ReplyDeleteFrench wine is expensive and it is not as good as California wine. Supply and demand are driving the vine kill off. They want to keep the price high by limiting the supply. UCLA, California Polytechnic, UC Davis, Cornell, CSU Fresno, and Berkley turned wine making into an exacting science thirty to forty years ago. The remote campuses in Paso Robles has perfected red blending, Cabernet's, Zinfandels, Merlot's, and Pinon Noir. The global warming line is BS. Red grapes like a dry, hot environment as it gives wine a more complex flavor. That is why central California reds are better than Napa & Sonoma wines. White wine grapes like cooler temps. Get your white wines from Napa & Sonoma. I keep 4 to 6 cases of wine in stock and drink about 25 bottles a year. I do the research on when a vintage is supposed to peak and only buy 90+ rated wine. I rarely spend more than $15 a bottle and most is around $10 a bottle.
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