SPAIN: Government accused of confusion over wine
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 17 June 2002
Wine producers in Spain are accusing the government of taking contradictory positions regarding wine consumption. In response to falling sales, the Agriculture Ministry has launched a campaign promoting wine as Spain's national drink of nutritional, historic and cultural value. At the same time, the Interior Ministry has included wine on its blacklist in its crackdown on the botellon, the fashion for drinking alcohol in the street.
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Wine producers in Spain are accusing the government of taking contradictory positions regarding wine consumption. In response to falling sales, the Agriculture Ministry has launched a campaign promoting wine as Spain's national drink of nutritional, historic and cultural value. At the same time, the Interior Ministry has included wine on its blacklist in its crackdown on the botellon, the fashion for drinking alcohol in the street.
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