Languedoc: An Ideal Wine Region For Vines To Grow Old
Languedoc, with its marriage of climate, topography, culture, and schist soil, is an ideal place for grape vines to grow old.
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Languedoc, with its marriage of climate, topography, culture, and schist soil, is an ideal place for grape vines to grow old.
John and Nicole Bojanowski celebrate 25 years of making wines from 18 different grape types in the Minervois region of southern France. Their land is rugged and alluring.
Well, this is a bummer.
The French government announced Friday that 200 million euros ($216 million) would be set aside to fund the destruction of surplus wine production in a bid to support struggling producers and shore up prices.An initial European Union fund of 160 million euros for wine destruction has been topped up to 200 million euros by the French government, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau told reporters at a press conference on Friday.