Brussels, 23/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Unsurprisingly, the new wine reform proposals unveiled by the European Commission on 22 June (see Europe 9217) have left a sour taste in the mouth of various Member States and wine production organisations.
France described the draft reforms as 'unacceptable', with French prime minister Dominique de Villepin saying he would try and change the most undesirable aspects, like massively destroying thousands of hectares of vineyards and cutting the budget...