In the world of wine, what country would you consider to be linked the most to wine? I imagine many people would consider France to be the answer. After all, France has been renowned for many of its wines including Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux.

That’s why I was so amazed at an article by Maggie Rosen at Decanter.com. In “France likely to ban first wine TV network,” Rosen’s article describes the Evin law that “prohibits discussion, demonstration and images of wine being consumed in a positive manner.”

Rosen quotes Edonys editorial chief, Jean-Michel Peyronnet, “What makes this a scandal is that we don’t have the right to talk about wine in France – the world’s reference for wine – unless we can say it’s dangerous, that it causes cancer.”

Thankfully, here in the US we have Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV. The United States wineries are producing many great wines, there is probably plenty room for another television wine related show. Maybe Peyronnet should consider bringing his show to the US!

For more information about this issue, read the Maggie Rosen’s article at http://www.decanter.com/news/news.php?id=296153.

Cheers, Kathy