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   KvekIT to Cindy Anna Jones   
   Re: French to drain their wine lake?   
   01 Dec 06 14:15:30   
   
   XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.french, soc.culture.europe   
   From: me@me.ca   
      
   Cindy Anna Jones wrote:   
   > "KvekIT"  wrote in message   
   > news:RPZbh.40781$yw5.1245269@wagner.videotron.net...   
   >> Cindy Anna Jones wrote:   
   >>> The French are desperate to drain their wine lake especially since   
   >>> top-notch American and Australian wines means nobody's buying French. And   
   >>> so the French have huge inventories of wine they can't move.   
   >> It's globalization. French wines are still dominating the markets. The   
   >> difference is that they are not alone anymore.   
   >>   
   >   
   > They ain't dominating. Sorry.   
   >   
   > French wines are now considered second-rate.   
      
      
   Yeah right! Just because you always refer to french wine indicates that   
   it is still the one to beat.   
      
      
      
      
   >>> They have been converting much of it to ethanol. Running your car on   
   >>> French wine? Better than being forced to drink it, no doubt.   
   >>>   
   >>> Now the French have figured out another way to get rid of the stuff. They   
   >>> are gonna get little kids hooked on it.   
   >>>   
   >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6198784.stm   
   >>>   
   >>> BTW... I hear Putin is gonna make super-cheap "social" vodka available in   
   >>> Russia to try and stop people from dying from drinking the poison bootleg   
   >>> stuff.   
   >>>   
   >>> What's even funnier is Russia wants to trademark the term "vodka" so only   
   >>> vodka made in Russia can be called vodka. A couple hundred years too late   
   >>> for the Russian intellectual property thieves?   
   >   
   >   
      
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