How Europe is Drowning in Wine
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E.U. subsidies have spurred big surpluses and made the continent uncompetitive with "New World" wines. Now reform is afoot
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Grapes left over from the wine-making process could become the latest weapon against bacteria.
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California is to get hotter and drier by the end of the century, threatening its valuable wine industry.
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When the water ran out, with pine cones popping and the flames still high around his house, George Dimopoulos switched to wine. He made it himself two years ago, and, nearly alone in his village as it all but burned down on Friday night, he poured liter after liter, 200 in all, into his little copper hand-pumped ...
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The winemaker has an interesting future ahead.
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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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Poles wanting to raise a glass to the pope during his visit needed to stock up beforehand. Predominantly Catholic Poland banned the sale of beer, wine and liquor in some parts of the country during Pope Benedict XVI&#039;s four-day visit.
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An impoverished backwater that will drain the EU's resources and flood its labor markets with unskilled jobseekers? Or a dynamic economy whose youthful population will help offset a looming pensions crisis? The economic case for Turkish membership of the European Union is anything but clear cut.
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Europe's top wine-producing countries could be forced to dig up a large portion of their vines under European Commission reforms.
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The drought in majors for Europeans in golf stands in chiaroscuro contrast to the surplus of titles they have claimed collectively.
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The European Union is in danger of extending beyond its proper geographical and cultural limits. Frankly, this title is misleading.
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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Europeâs dinner tables are increasingly supplied by global fishing fleets, which are depleting the worldâs oceans to feed ravenous consumers.
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Europe&#39;s farm chief unveiled an  ambitious five-year plan on Wednesday that offers generous cash  rewards to winemakers to encourage them to dig up some of their  grape vines, hoping to drain the EU&#39;s substantial &quot;wine lakes.&quot;
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Fine wine isn't the only  thing that gets better with age.
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Getting drunk may be considered a normal  part of having fun for youngsters in northern Europe, but not  so in Italy where teenagers look down on friends who drink too  much.
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Germany and beer go together like Porsches and the autobahn, but health-conscious residents are turning from the country's traditional beverage in favor of juices and bottled water, sending suds sales down to the lowest levels in 15 years.