EU farm chief plans to drain wine lake.  Add/Read Comments

Did you think the EU wine lake was a thing of the past? France and other EU wine producers are to be pressed to destroy vineyards and end a perennial wine glut that costs tens of millions of euros a year. Naturally, the French wine growers are going to get upset...

FT.com
"The reform will face fierce opposition from the powerful wine lobby, particularly in France. But Ms Fischer Boel said her reform would benefit many producers since it was designed to help "raise the quality of European wine"' and force producers to move away from the cheaper table wine that has suffered most from international competition."