Bordeaux Tries to Save Itself

The region's growers take drastic steps to cut their glut and pump up sales

By Mitch Frank

Vignerons in Bordeaux did the unthinkable this summer: They sentenced 26 million bottles of their wine to death. Faced with slumping sales and a large 2004 harvest, they turned to a European Union aid.....

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