A QUICK quiz. What do you think the European Commission has
proposed, in the field of wine-making rules, to prompt the
following response in France?  Here is Hubert Falco, a regional
party baron from the French south, and junior minister, telling
Le Figaro:  I'm disgusted. These technicians in Brussels really
infuriate me. I am very displeased, because with these rules,
our wine is going to become Coca-Cola.  Here is Charles Picard,
a winemaker, quoted by the same newspaper:  It's shameful, these
so-called Eurotechnocrats are treating us like amateurs. They
shouldn't forget that when winemakers get angry, they turn
violent when they have nothing to lose.  Blimey. Or tiens as
they say in France. Is the EU proposing to force all French
winemakers to assemble wine from grape concentrate? Will it now
be forbidden for claret makers in Bordeaux to age their wine in
barrels?  Um, no. Nobody is about to force anybody to do
anything. Instead, the European Commission is asking national
governments to approve a rule cha