http://blog.winetravelguides.com/2009/03/05/the-new-french-paradox/ News and Views from the World of Wine and Travel Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.winetravelguides.com/2009/03/05/the-new-french-paradox/#comment-127 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:21:37 +0000 http://blog.winetravelguides.com/?p=448#comment-127 [...] Great wine has always been produced close to rivers and wine used to be transported along the waterways to its traditional customers, the royal courts of Europe. Now wine geeks can follow wine’s journey on our specially designed cruise ship, which will transport you along rivers that have been made navigable exclusively for us as one of the new French Ministry of Wine Tourism’s initiatives. [...]

]]> http://blog.winetravelguides.com/2009/03/05/the-new-french-paradox/#comment-88 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:41:37 +0000 http://blog.winetravelguides.com/?p=448#comment-88 Subject to ratification by the senate, on Friday 6th March the French government gave a reprieve to wine tastings and wine festivals in their proposed new health laws concerning alcohol sold through ‘Open Bars’. They also agreed on Monday 9th March to formally allow alcohol sales and promotion via Internet, though these will be subject to the same stringent conditions that the Loi Evin imposes requiring a warning statement. They have incidentally decided to raise the minimum age for purchase of alcohol from 16 to 18. The wine industry will live to see another day (just).

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