16th July, 2018 by Rupert Millar
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More than 60 of France’s leading châteaux have written in protest to the government against proposals which could see cigarette-style warnings slapped on the front of their bottles.
The 64 producers, including Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Yquem, Cheval Blanc and Pol Roger, wrote an open letter to the French daily Le Figaro, warning that the government risked turning wine into a “criminal product” if it persisted with its plan to place large health warnings on bottles.
France’s health minister, Agnès Buzyn, has proposed plans to place 2cm-wide red logos on the front of wine bottles warning women against drinking during pregnancy and that it is illegal to drink if under 18-years-old.
Warnings about not drinking during pregnancy are already mandatory in French labelling laws but their size….
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