French dumping Rioja

Jun 02, 2005 4 Replies
C

This is a bit old, given the date of the article, but I just came across it:



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Interesting comment in the article about the decreasing numbers of adult wine comsumers in France. I'm not positive what the current age spread is compared to what it was in 1960, but I would be inclined to think that there are large numbers of people in the 45-65 age group. What will the situation be in 25 years, given the current rate of 1.7 births per couple/per lifetime in France right now? The 1.7 figure, below the replacement rate of 2.1, is among the highest in Europe, mostly due to the large number of immigrants who come from a decidely non-winedrinking culture.



I can't imagine that the demographic changes in the years to come are going to make things any better for them.



I'm just thinking aloud, I guess, and started off just being amused that wine-pouring in protest of a government policy is not a strictly American phenomena.


- Chris



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CRAV are a bunch of idiot thugs that are not at all respresentative of the French winemaking industry. Most winemakers here are totally ashamed beyond words by the stupidity of this group.

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

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C

Oh, I don't doubt it. Do they have any connections with Jose Bove's group?

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None.

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

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In a previous post I was referred to as depicting significant ignorance with apparently no idea about what's happening. Even so, I might make an observation, in spite of the risks of another attach on my seemingly uninformed opinion. That is, clearly, the Old World wine empire is in slow decline. Not just france. Because the global glut of wine producers through out the New World, and their movement towards cool climate viticulture that is creeping closer to old world styles, the Rioja incident is just the beginning of a series of convulsions of a dying kingdom. Old world wine will never be gone, but it will never be what it used to be. In some ways, it's a shame. Old world lifestyle traditions are dying with it.

Jeff

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