Innovations have made French firms dominate the wine industry in the past. In the mid-1600s, a Bordeaux producer applied new techniques that led to a new age of large-scale fine wine. The development of fine wine was enhanced by the introduction of glass wine bottles sealed with cork. These innovations not only helped wine last longer but also made it age better. After the First World War, overproduction and fraud prompted French government took steps to protect and strengthen the wine industry. By 1935, the AOC system of legislation had defined the regions and grape varieties, controlled the yield, minimum alcohol levels, and particular method of growing and producing wine.
In the fifty years after the Second World War, growing economic prosperity resulted in increased demand for wine, especially outside Europe. Wine producers emphasized quality to satisfy an increasingly educated and demanding market. During the same period, wine consumption declined in several countries,......
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