Although it has always been very hard to sell French wine in the US, one particular brand is really going against the trend.

尽管法国葡萄酒在美国一直很难卖，不过有一个牌子却一枝独秀。

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The experience is similar for most of us when it comes to our first sips of wine, hard liquor, and coffee as well.

而当我们第一次接触到红酒，烈性酒和咖啡时，都会有这种感受。

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We had food, beer and wine provided free courtesy of our sponsors and Peter's hard work.

赞助商们免费给我们提供食物，啤酒和红酒，当然还有Peter的辛勤工作。

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Yet France may raise the age limit for beer and wine sales to eighteen, the same as for hard liquor there.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

The new rules apply to "light alcohol"beverages, but not to wine, vodka or other hard liquors.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Stolen credit cards are more likely to be used to buy hard liquor than wine, for example, because it is easier to fence.

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Despite such incursions, Pinotage is still pretty hard to find on restaurant wine lists and retail-store shelves.

WSJ: Does Much-Unloved Pinotage Deserve Another Look? | On Wine by Lettie Teague

Zeynep designed it and it has a proper wine list (the French sommelier came over and quietly explained, in grieved tones, how hard it was to get decent foreign wine because of the Islamic-inspired alcohol taxes).

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