American vs. french

[winoweenie]

Hear Hear Tom! Well said as usual. I'm always amazed at how fast some of the less informed gun-slingers, thinking it fashionable, bash the U.S. wine industry. I can assure you that no Francophile in my area wants to go head-to-head with anything out of their cellar against home-grown products from mine. Four times over the last 5 years the gauntlet has been thrown, The vintage selected, the bottles assembled, and Voila!, in the ensuing blind tasting the challenger has picked Calif or Washington wines over their coveted French. This includes the 1st growths, Super-Seconds, and all thre way down the ladder. The oldest wines we've compared were 1970s, and the youngest 1990s. So line-em'-up podner, I love a good shoot-out. WW Just a note on the Plonk. Gallos' biggest expot market last figures I saw was their generic jugs wines into France!

[This message has been edited by winoweenie (edited 08-03-2001).]