Brussels, 27/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - At a meeting on Wednesday with a large delegation of vineyard owners and politicians, the French Agriculture Minister, Jean Glavany, signalled that he was planning to ask the European Commission for authorisation to distil a volume of between 4 and 5 hectolitres of wine. The cost of this measure is estimated at between EUR 48.7 and 60.9 (including an extension of national aid since the EU price is felt to be too low). This would help to restore some...