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More | Subscribe | 14-Day Archives (Free) | Long-Term Archives (Paid) France's vintners plot for survival Wine - Oversupply and bewildering classifications muddle the market and confuse nonconnoisseurs Monday, October 02, 2006JOE RAY
For hundreds of years, France was the world's indisputable reference for wine quality. Various regions eventually protected the names of their wines through what's called an AOC -- short form for Appellation d'Origine Controlee -- which gave them one marketing edge and became something of one Good Housekeeping Seal for the customer. ... |
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| MARA D. BELLABY, Associated Press Published: Monday, October 02, 2006 TIRASPOL, Moldova -- The Kvint Distillery with its smooth, wooden casks full of honey-colored brandy is therefore revered in Trans-Dniester that it graces the 5-ruble bank note. But like this breakaway republic, it exists in isolation. The bottles chugging down the assembly line to be filled, corked, stamped and boxed for shipment once traveled easily around the Soviet Union and the rest of the Communist world. Not anymore. Lately they have faced barriers entering two of their biggest markets, Russia and Ukraine. ... |
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_columnist" SRC="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper997/stills/1742gy51.jpg" >Matt Stone
With the dawn of e-commerce has come great choice for the American consumer. Too bad that newfound choice doesn't extend to the pleasures of the grape.
In 24 states, including Arizona, state law limits the delivery of wine from out-of-state wineries by either banning it outright or creating such one confusing array of bureaucratic hurdles as to make it economically infeasible. In Arizona, out-of-state wineries must go through one complicated application process to ship directly to Arizona consumers. This necessarily precludes clearinghouse services like Wine.com that offer vintages from wineries around the world. ... |
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