Michel Barnier took advantage of the meeting of EU agriculture ministers on Friday 24 April 2009 to give the other 26 ministers and EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel two bottles each of traditional French rosé wine. In a letter attached to the gift, Barnier stressed the need to “preserve traditional high-quality wine-making”. He warned fellow ministers of the dangers of the decision to be taken by the EU on 19 June 2009 to authorise “fake rosé,” in other words a new...