Bordeaux must fight anti-alcohol lobby
April 28, 2008


Jane Anson

Bordeaux winemakers should turn up the pressure against the anti-alcohol menace in France, says an alcohol industry lobbyist.

'This directly concerns all of us,' said Marie-Christine Tarby, president of alcohol lobby group Vin & Société, reiterating her group's cause at the Bordeaux Wine Bureau's annual general meeting last week.

'We are in an absurd situation where we have to defend the place of wine in French society.'

Lambasting the recent threats to the industry from anti-alcohol groups, Tarby noted in particular the rulings against newspaper editorials and websites - such as Heineken - that mention alcohol.
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