French Wine Growers Protest Soft Market
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Wine is less a beverage than an elixir of life in France, but the country's vintners say they're vexed by a problem that threatens their livelihood &#151; too much of a good thing and not enough people drinking it.
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The bucolic valleys that produce South Africa's best wines are also producing tension, with white farmers accused of forcing black workers from their homes.
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Environmental activists in India hold protests against soft drinks giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
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One of the great names in  California quality wines wants to sell off the vineyards that  made it famous and devote itself to producing the mass-produced  wines it once mocked.
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BORDEAUX, France  - French winemakers are disappointed that President Nicolas Sarkozy is teetotal and fear his clean-living image gives the wrong impression of France.
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Bordeaux winemakers fight against plans to build a motorway near world-famous vineyards.
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Call it the case of the vandalized vines. Winegrowers in northeast France are puzzling over the destruction of large swaths of two vineyards in Alsace, a region along the German border known for full-bodied white wines.
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Consumer groups held nationwide protests Thursday to draw attention to the burden placed on families by the rising cost of food &#151; especially Italians' beloved staple, pasta.
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Supporters of interstate shipping of wine from producers to consumers see their cause as a contest between David and Goliath: mom-and-pop wineries and connoisseurs of the grape vs.
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The Tour de France won't accept riders who refuse to sign a new anti-doping charter.
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Supporters of interstate shipping of wine from producers to consumers see their cause as a contest between David and Goliath: mom-and-pop wineries and connoisseurs of the grape vs. powerful liquor wholesalers.
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Wine is less a beverage than an elixir of life in France, but the country's vintners say they're vexed by a problem that threatens their livelihood: too much of a good thing and not enough people drinking it.
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Bordeaux wine-makers in France face crisis distillation to reduce Europe's "wine lake", writes Caroline Wyatt.
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Consumer groups held nationwide protests Thursday to draw attention to the burden placed on families by the rising cost of food  -  especially Italians' beloved staple, pasta
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French farmers on Wednesday threatened widespread protests next week if the government failed to find a solution to soaring fuel costs they say have cut into farm revenues.
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An attempt to make European wines more competitive worldwide is pitting the EU's top farm bureaucrat against winemakers who claim the reforms will stain the soul of their centuries-old craft.
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Twenty European Union countries are opposed to compromise proposals on agriculture floated by a World Trade Organisation mediator as part of a bid to rescue global trade talks, France said on Monday.