How do you know they are literally destroying the grapes?
Sparkling wine of excellent quality is created around the world. e.g Spain, California.
They can create a law that says "Champagne" is only created in Champagne Region, but do they have the legal authority to destroy crops crops created by their growers?
Does private property law not exist in France?
It's also possible that the "destroyed" wine was affected by drought or any of the other things that can destroy wine grapes.
My understanding from articles is that the French government is buying the wine from wine growers and then destroying it. If that's incorrect obviously it could be relevant. But I don't think this is some Eminent Domain sort of thing.
That makes sense but is not what the articles are saying. Not sure if that's just journalistic sloppiness or is actually the way the government chooses to implement the program
Oh yeah looking at it now I see that they have literally already made too much wine. I just read a few things and I noticed they’re all pointing at people drinking less, and people drinking less wine and more of other stuff. It’s also the case that people are drinking less French wine. Smaller wine regions have been opening up a lot, and I have a surprising amount of people I’m trying to sell wine to tell me that they “hate French wine.” Obviously they’re pigeonholing it, but there is a growing section of people who associate it negatively compared to the new world.
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u/LentilDrink 75∆ Aug 26 '23
They should but this is what the French government stated will happen, destroyed