Socialism run amok!

[Thraz]

Actually they can't always even do that... Somewhere in the archives should be a story about a guy who wanted to make wine out of syrah in the Loire valley, without using any of the existing appellations... It never made it to bottle stage.

As for the existing appellations, I think they could also use some revamping and loosening. For example, why should the Bordeaux consumer not be allowed to know from the label what grape mix is in the wine they're buying?