1. Tim 5;23

Writing abit about France the last days, with my post about young people in France drinking less wine, one of the reasons was that wine was “to complicated”. Now thats about to change!

Decanter.com wrote a article about “French government unveils sweeping changes to wine sector“. Basically it’s about France gonna go away from theire AoC wine laws, dated as far back as the 15th century!

That said, the first draft of the modern law was presented in may 1919, controlling where wine comes from, and protecting it. Much like Champagne, prosciutto (parmaham) and feta chesse that all are products that are origin protected.

This maybe a step in the right direction when it comes to competition of the New World wines. I think it will make life easier for wine lovers like me, whom don’t have to much knowledge, to better understand and enjoy french wine’s.

Let’s hope they do as Georges Malpel (head of the French governmental body responsible for fruit, vegetables, wine and hoticulture (Viniflhor)) said,  ‘the plan is to keep tradition in place and at the same time gear the sector towards mass production‘.

Speaking of old things, how ’bout Dr Stella Demesticha, who’s gonna research 2,500 years old wine jars, allegedly containing “high quality red wine from Chios”. Let’s hope it’s not vinegar….

Until later; Trust your palate!

Filed under: France, Winetalk on June 3rd, 2008