May 26 2009 - Rose wine producers from the world's top three winemaking countries joined forces on Tuesday to fight a plan to let red and white wines be blended in Europe to make rose, saying it would kill their industry. Next month, experts from the European Union's 27 countries will vote on a proposal tabled by the EU's executive Commission to scrap a longstanding ban on rose blending. Many of the countries have said they will vote to end the restriction.
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