French Gov Puts a Cork on the Wine Industry

Our friend Eric Asimov at The New York Time's wine blog The Pour wrote a brief post last week on the increasingly restrictive rulings the French government has been imposing on the wine industry. From mandating that no Internet ads for beer and wine will be permitted and raising taxes on vino to the most recent decree that wine writings featured in the press must be followed by a health warning, it looks like the French Government is really turning out to be a buzz kill.

To protest the tightening reigns, the wine industry is mounting a series of protests later this month. Beginning on October 30th, the multi-thousand member wine community may go into full-fledged revolt mode, making things very difficult on the rest of the country. They've got the numbers and the influence to really have some pull . . . it will be interesting to see how the whole scenario pans out.