One would think the climate cultists are targeting wine, but there’s more to this story.

France says it is ‘determined’ to rescue the wine industry from a crisis, but could its plan backfire?

France has turned to the European Union for help after announcing additional funds to help rescue its “deteriorating” wine industry.

Earlier this week, the French Agriculture Ministry confirmed it has allocated €130 million to finance a new, permanent vine-pulling plan to “rebalance supply” and “restore the viability” of struggling farms in the most vulnerable regions.

This process involves severing and lifting the vines and their roots from the soil, usually using specialised equipment like a deep plough, and can cost around €1,000 per hectare. 

Of course its all Trump’s fault.

It comes after Donald Trump threatened to impose a 200 per cent tariff on European alcohol earlier this year, a move which was quickly rescinded. However, a 15 per cent tariff on exports to the US, a crucial market for the French wine industry, was announced several months later.

But wait, there’s more!

To top it all off, Genevard argued the sector’s suffering has been compounded by climate change, which has “repeatedly impacted harvests” for several years.

Imagine a government bureaucrat walking onto an American farmer’s property and ordering him to rip out part of his harvest just to keep the neighboring farm from going under. What’s staggering about this French wine story is that the core issue is massive overproduction—yet we’re constantly told the wine industry is in the grips of a devastating climate crisis.

In reality, that crisis is now producing so much wine that the French government is paying growers to destroy their vines. That’s a very different picture from the one relentlessly pushed by the mainstream media.

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