71.   Violent protests by French wine producers wanting more state aid continued on Thursday with police cars being set alight, railway lines blocked and trees felled over main roads.

72.   Medard, a claret wine producer, claims to have produced a full-bodied aromatic red which inspires parts of the body lesser vintages never even reach.

73.   Several thousand French wine producers faced riot police Wednesday when they converged on the southwest town of Beziers demanding government aid to offset losses caused by foreign wine imports.

74.   The European wine producers have to compete in that new market just as South African wine producers have to.

75.   The foreign community in China is the primary target of wine producers who previously focused their attention on Beijing where there are more foreigners and joint venture hotels.