A wine superpower that produces more than any nation on Earth has quietly become one of the world's biggest wine importers—fueling fierce protests from French vintners who see their livelihoods threatened by cheaper Spanish rivals.
France imports hundreds of millions of litres of Spanish wine each year despite producing oceans of its own — much of it arrives cheaply in bulk to fill the low-cost end of the market, where Spanish producers can undercut French vineyards on price without competing with them on prestige
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