Survey Shows Importance of Wine's Country of Origin

While 28% of 586 visitors who participated in a recent survey at PoppingCorks.com said that a wine's country of origin was not important to them, 40% and 32% responded that the country was either somewhat or very important respectively. The survey was conducted between December 3, 2004 and February 14, 2005.

Toronto ON (PRWEB) February 15, 2004 -- Based on a recent survey conducted at PoppingCorks.com, it appears that a wine's country of origin is still an important consideration to people when they choose wine. Specifically, between December 3rd, 2004 and February the 14th, 2005, 28% of the 586 visitors who participated in the survey at PoppingCorks.com said that a wine's country of origin was not important to them while 40% and 32% responded the country was either somewhat or very important respectively. The new survey question on the site (http://www.PoppingCorks.com) is "Are you aware of the current difficulties facing French wine industry and how concerned are you?"

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