french wine boycott

[Scoop]

Inevitably, Hollywood has now weighed in on our little transatlantic dispute:

"Hollywood Publicist to Lead National French Wine Boycott".

According to a press release, "prominent Hollywood pubicist" Mr. Michael Levine is frustrated with France's recent opposition to "America's UN efforts", "immeasurable ingratitude" and "flirtation with anti-Semitism".

Hence, he'll be leading a boycott of French wine, entitled "Americans with a Memory".

Glad to see Tinsel Town taking the high road into international politics, something they do so well.

Next time Mr. Levine cares to look, he could check out the polls in Europe --including in France and in the countries whose governments support the US on Iraq, like the UK and Spain -- that show overwhelming majorities against a war in Iraq. Does he think such a boycott is really going to help anything? He's giving another good excuse for anti-Americanism sentiment among Europeans with his ham-fisted approach.

Is he one of your clients, Roberto? If he is, you can thank him for me, because it means more for us Francophilic oenophiles! It might even offset recent price pressure from the stronger euro (which has increased in value against the dollar due to, ironically, fears of war!).

Cheers,

Scoop