Bill MACHO'Reilly !!!
Hey Folks,
You may remember a while back when Bill O'Reilly was upset with the French. Well, Billy was going to nail those frogs!! He'd organize a bouycatt and teach those whimpy America-haters a lesson.
Since then, he's been heard to claim just how badly France has suffered under his boot.
Well, here's the latest report.
- Uke Man
French wine and spirit exports see bumper year
by Christian Charcossey Sun Dec 24, 3:46 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - French wines and spirits are set to have a record year in 2006, with exports of cognac, champagne and bordeaux wines, and even French vodka, projected to bring in 8.0 billion euros (10.5 billion dollars).
"It's a very good result, despite frenetic competition, an unfavourable euro-dollar exchange rate and slow growth in consumption around the world," said Philippe Casteja, president of the French association of wine and spirit exporters, or FEVS.
Exports of bordeaux wines rose 27 percent in value in the first ten months of 2006 compared to the same period last year, according to customs office figures released late December by FEVS.
Champagne exports rose 17 percent in the same period, cognac exports went up 12 percent, armagnac exports rose 19 percent, and burgundy wine exports went up 9.3 percent.
France, not traditionally associated with vodka, also managed to boost its exports in the first 10 months of this year of the drink by a hefty 132 percent.
This was largely due to the success of the Grey Goose vodka brand in the United States. France exported 320 million euros' worth of the drink in the first 10 months of this year.
The previous record for French wine and spirit exports was 2003, when the country exported 7.8 billion euros' worth of the drinks.
You may remember a while back when Bill O'Reilly was upset with the French. Well, Billy was going to nail those frogs!! He'd organize a bouycatt and teach those whimpy America-haters a lesson.
Since then, he's been heard to claim just how badly France has suffered under his boot.
Well, here's the latest report.
- Uke Man
French wine and spirit exports see bumper year
by Christian Charcossey Sun Dec 24, 3:46 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - French wines and spirits are set to have a record year in 2006, with exports of cognac, champagne and bordeaux wines, and even French vodka, projected to bring in 8.0 billion euros (10.5 billion dollars).
"It's a very good result, despite frenetic competition, an unfavourable euro-dollar exchange rate and slow growth in consumption around the world," said Philippe Casteja, president of the French association of wine and spirit exporters, or FEVS.
Exports of bordeaux wines rose 27 percent in value in the first ten months of 2006 compared to the same period last year, according to customs office figures released late December by FEVS.
Champagne exports rose 17 percent in the same period, cognac exports went up 12 percent, armagnac exports rose 19 percent, and burgundy wine exports went up 9.3 percent.
France, not traditionally associated with vodka, also managed to boost its exports in the first 10 months of this year of the drink by a hefty 132 percent.
This was largely due to the success of the Grey Goose vodka brand in the United States. France exported 320 million euros' worth of the drink in the first 10 months of this year.
The previous record for French wine and spirit exports was 2003, when the country exported 7.8 billion euros' worth of the drinks.
1 Comments:
Hi Tom,
Hey, I'm all for the French wine growers! Sondra
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