Friday 9 September 2005
Has French Wine Outgrown the AOC?
By Wine Atlas, Friday 9 September 2005 :: Wine - Spain
The country's Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée classification system, around since 1935, is creaking under its own weight
Believe it or not, even the French have trouble picking out wine. Like non-French consumers, our Gallic friends are known to scan the wine aisle, glassy-eyed, wondering what is what, what goes well with what, and what is any good at all. Incroyable, non?
