Title – Winemakers complain about threat from clean livers
Source – The Times
Date 28th February 2009
It will come as little comfort to many alcohol retailers in the UK to know they are not alone in the face of increasing legislation which cuts their margins, increases their costs and turns sentiment against them; but it is happening in many part of the world… including France.
If the cultural heritage of the French wine growers and the consumption of wine as a part of everyday life is no barrier to legislation, then what hope for anyone else. Wasn’t the instigation of the
Licensing Act 2003 in part to encourage a ‘continental café style society’ in the UK?Source – The Times
Date 28th February 2009
It will come as little comfort to many alcohol retailers in the UK to know they are not alone in the face of increasing legislation which cuts their margins, increases their costs and turns sentiment against them; but it is happening in many part of the world… including France.
If the cultural heritage of the French wine growers and the consumption of wine as a part of everyday life is no barrier to legislation, then what hope for anyone else. Wasn’t the instigation of the
The arguments made by the featured wine maker whose family have been in the business for centuries, will be familiar to many here, if a little more extreme ( I don’t know too many in the UK who would argue against reducing drink driving or advising pregnant women not to consume alcohol…), but the analogy of banning sugar because of obesity in the US is a little ‘out there’ even for my fondness of a good analogy.
One point of interest is the concept of what the French are trying to legislate against, free alcohol in all its forms be that sampling, aggressive promotion, ‘buy one get one free’ deals etc; sound familiar? This is very much the line that our own government has been advocating.
Sadly however even this statement reflects badly on the UK. In the 80’s and 90’s we were known across Europe for hooliganism related to football, it seems now we are just as well known for our ‘binge drinking’ society; known maybe, but seemingly not facing this burden alone...
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