For God's sake don't let anyone know the grapes came from Anjou

[Steve Lanum]

French wine bureaucracy runs amok again. This seems to be the kind of thing Joe Dressner would have had a field day with (in French, it describes the substantial fine to which Olivier Cousin may be subjected for having dared describe the origin of his grapes on his cartons). Scroll through the list of signatories and you'll see the names of Denyse Louis and some of the vignerons LDM works with.

 

[Tom Glasgow]

And then there is this: Vin de France.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

While in the committee room they wield a power they don't have in their own kitchens: to tell other people what to do.

(Or are they just being French?)