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August 12, 2004
Whine industry
For Bourdeaux producers of the Union des Grands Crus business is supposedly good. This cannot be said for the rest of the industry.
For the 95 percent outside this magic circle in what was once the undisputed capital of the wine world, life has grown grim. Their vineyards are in what may be the deepest crisis since the phylloxera aphid devastated Bordeaux's vines a century ago.
The phylloxera aphid crisis. I seem to remember something about that. Who was it that rescued the French that time? Oh yes, Charles Riley, an American entomologist. Quelle terrible ironie du sort!
Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 12, 2004 08:23 AM
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