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Bordeaux wine exports sink in 2004 (USA sales plummet, boycott is working!!!)
Expatica ^ | January 7, 2005 | AFP

Posted on 01/06/2005 6:47:18 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John

BORDEAUX, France, Jan 6 (AFP) - Bordeaux wine producers announced more depressing export figures Thursday, with sales to the United States down by more than a third in a year.

Overall exports from the historic wine region of southwest France were down 10 percent in volume and 24 percent in value for the first three quarters of 2004 compared to the same period in 2003, according to the Interprofessional Council of Bordeaux Wine (CIVB).

Exports to the United States were down by a massive 35 percent in volume and 59 percent in value, and sales to Britain down by 21 percent in volume and 33 percent in value, it reported.

In all the region sold 1.27 million hectolitres in the year to October, for EUR 786 million (USD 1,037 million).

The only good news was an increase in sales to Russia and the Asian market.

French wine-makers are going through their worst crisis in decades thanks to competition from new producer countries and falling domestic consumption.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: axisofweasels; boycottfrance; france; french; frenchboycot; letthemeatcake; nonallyfrance; surrendernowdorothy
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
"...and falling domestic consumption."

Even the french aren't drinking it. < snicker >

61 posted on 01/06/2005 10:16:14 PM PST by Bonaparte (Of course, it must look like an accident...)
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To: pbrown
I bought a Zippo.

Proudly made in Bradford, PA, USA.

62 posted on 01/06/2005 10:20:58 PM PST by Petronski (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.)
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To: Cobra64
I gave up buying TA Radials but I am stuck taking "Plavix" (a french anticoagulant ) if anyone knows of a substitute, I would be happy to tell my Dr. to switch me. I hate having to buy a french pharmaceutical!
63 posted on 01/06/2005 10:32:27 PM PST by Colorado Doug
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To: Colorado Doug
I am stuck taking "Plavix" (a french anticoagulant ) if anyone knows of a substitute, I would be happy to tell my Dr. to switch me. I hate having to buy a french pharmaceutical!

I have worked with a lot of pharaceutical companies on many projects. One of their buggist concerns was that hey plow hundreds of millions of dollars into R&D, waiting 12 years for FDA approval, onlty to have an identical drug come out at 1/10th the price. I do not have the answer, I am not a phramacologist,; but you may want to Google anticoagulants, and discern if there is an equivalent drug that equals Plavix. I hope this helps. God Bless you. My Dad was in a similar situation before I understood the pharmaceutical business.

64 posted on 01/06/2005 10:51:18 PM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: pbrown

Zippos work! My Dad used them in WWII when he was on board ship in the Pacific Isles; there was no Zippo on Ronsonol lighter fluid. He used kerosene as lighter fuel!


65 posted on 01/06/2005 10:54:16 PM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: USAFJeeper

Dryer wines have less of a hang-over effect. The reds make ya more mellow than the whites; but have a tendency to put ya to sleep a little sooner. Aussie wines are terrific. Black Swan is our favorite. Next is Yellow Tail, but we don't like the plastic corks.


66 posted on 01/06/2005 10:57:32 PM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Marcus James wines from Argentina are very good. Had the Cabernet Sauvignon


67 posted on 01/06/2005 10:58:49 PM PST by dennisw (G_D: Against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: PhilipFreneau
Many wines costing 10$ to 15$ a bottle will taste as good as your $1000/bottle buys. You have convince me there is a sucker born every minute.

Okay. I didn't know that. Most cars can get you from point A to point B as well.

68 posted on 01/06/2005 10:59:53 PM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: srm913

For the sake of being a successful boycotter you need to say, "I used to drink 3 bottles of French wine per day. But now I don't drink any." I know it is a lie but hey this is a boycott.


69 posted on 01/07/2005 4:32:59 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Could someone tell me how to set up a tagline? Any help is appreciated. Thanks)
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To: Cobra64

>> Most cars can get you from point A to point B as well.

Yes, but cars last longer than one meal. Besides, some are safer and drive better than others. I believe this is the old apples and oranges argument. LOL. Anyway, I drive a BMW. So does my wife.


70 posted on 01/07/2005 5:30:40 AM PST by PhilipFreneau (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. -- Psalms 14: 1, 53:1)
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To: PhilipFreneau

I drive a Beemer too. The wife drives a MiniCooper S (a BMW)


71 posted on 01/07/2005 10:25:48 AM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: srm913

(USA sales plummet, boycott is working!!!)

Good. Keep it up.





72 posted on 01/08/2005 7:21:19 AM PST by Earthdweller (US descendant of French Protestants)
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