NAMES OF WINES

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1934, Page 7

NAMES OF WINES

FRANCO-AUSTRALIAN CLAIMS

BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYBIGHT.]

(Recd. April 18, 2 p.m.). LONDON, April 17.

With respect to French atempts to seek to deprive Australian producers of the right to use generic descriptive names for wines, such as hock, Burgundy, claret, port and sherry, the “Daily Express” understands the British Government has decided to stand by Australia in the fight to retain the right to label wines with names like those mentioned. It describes France’s attitude as a threat to Austria's twenty million pounds wine industry. A Board of Trade official says that so long as the place of orfgin is clearly stated, it cannot interfere with the present practice. Mr. Panton, interviewed, said that France had nothing to say when she was the principal wine exporter. Now Australia is a serious competitor, she has suddenly become virtuous. “We are gravely perturbed at the British Government’s attitude. Neither the High Commissioner, nor the industry was consulted before the text of the proposals was drawn. We are still being left completely in the dark. If Australian wines are reduced to typelessness, a death-blow will be struck to our oldest industry.” CANADIAN “BRANDY. ,, VICTORIA, (8.C.), April 17. With the object of producing brandy now imported from France and Australia, a million gallons of loganberry stored for three years, was pronounced excellent by experts, for sale within a year.