another interesting element of the wine trade across the eu was the ~2009 ruling on how rose could be produced when i was working for a wine and spirits shop o

another interesting element of the wine trade across the eu was the ~2009 ruling on how rose could be produced when i was working for a wine and spirits shop on the upper east side a controversial ruling was proposed in the eu(o) it stated that rose wine, which was becoming a popular wine in the newish 'priced to drink' wine market, could subvert the costly precision of rose production, wherein for example one has to remove the skins at just the right time, with a simpler method of just mixing red and whites together french wine producers were among the leaders in lobbying against the proposal it seems france won that battle(i) (o) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/17/rose-wine-provence-france-eu https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/17/rose-wi... (i) http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/eu-abandons-plan-to-allow-blended-rose-wine-1700039.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/... .. rose=rosé ..