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

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

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

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

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Wine critics have a hard enough time guessing varieties and regions blind, which is why they tend not to, especially not publicly.

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On the first night, the wine was impenetrable, tasting hard, closed and bitter.

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