European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Champagne year a miserable fizzle tuesday september 16, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 11 by Robert Kaylor Paris up there i. Little to be effervescent about this year in the Cham pagne country around reims and ener . Growen expect a drop of a much Ai 50 percent in the Harvest at a time when stocks of the bubbly already Are abnormally Low. The Champagne Region East of Paris a among those hardest hit by com weather and heavy july Rains that affected May Partt of Europe. The poor Early weather brought some predictions that this year s Vintage would be the worst in Yean Over much of France. But the Sun came out in August and wine growers in Many other regions Are now dismissing prophecies of doom. They recall that 1s78 Wai supposed to be a mis Erable year until Beautiful fall weather made it one of the Best Ever in Quantity and Quality. 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It is going to put a Hole in our stocks Claude Balge of the Champagne wine in Ter professional committee says glumly. We could lose half a year and be Down to about 2.3  Balge says however that he sees no real upward pressure on it campagne prices for the next six months. Some producers of other wines say the world recession will help Consumers because the Industry knows people Don t have Money to pay higher prices. The Outlook for some other Well know areas big Randy Spring weather was rot ten in France s Best known wine Region but a Well known producer Claude Bou Chard says it s now Beautiful and Over All Quality should be Normal if it continues through  exception is the Cote d or area where weather was bad at the critical flowering time and a rough wine is expected with Whites better than reds. In the Chablis White wine area it has been dry leading to a higher acidity wine. This year s Beaujolais is expected to be Normal in Quantity and Quality. Bordeaux this year s St. Emilion production is expected to be about aver age although the Quantity of some Varie ties will be about 30 percent off last year and the Pomeroy Harvest will be the Low est of the last 10  Quality will de Pend on temperatures staying warm through the end of october and the right amount of moisture. With a Little bit of Luck a grower says we could do better than last  Aback this Northern Region on the German Border suffered some of the same problems As Champagne but August weather was Good and we re now 10 or 2 Days late according to grower Jean  of traditional alsatian grape varieties such As nesting and Syl Vaner will be about average and pinot noir about 80 percent of Normal. Letters the problem of retaining cos for Many years now i be heard on he radio or read in the paper the importance of retaining first Wermers. Many possible solutions have been brought up such As an in crease in pay and educational benefits. Now the problem of retaining our Young mid Grade cos has been brought up. These men who have 10, 12 or More years in service Are leaving the military in in creasing numbers and this has created an other manpower shortage in an area in which we can least afford it. This problem has been recognized and now there is talk about re enlistment bonuses and station of Choice assignments fori Host willing to re enlist. There is another problem area which no one seems to care about the retention of senior cos. I m talking primarily about e-7s and e-8s with 18 or More years of service. An no o does t really become productive until he s got 18 years of service. Here a Man let s use an armoured unit As an example who has had experience is a loader Driver gunner tank commander Pla Toon sergeant and possibly As a first ser Geant operations sergeant Drill sergeant and anything else you can think of. What is being done to keep him in the service beyond his Twenty years i can give you a one word answer nothing in fact it seems like someone rings a Bell when he Hill his eight Ceneth year and says Oka now How can we get and of  i have talked to too May senior cos and i would estimate that nine out of 10 Are disgusted and can t wait until their 20th year so that they can retire. Recently i talked to a senior no who is 33 years old and he told me if 1 was t locked in Over Here for three Yean i d give them the 15 years i have in right now. I d leave Here tomorrow. If the military is Short of cos with 10, 12 or 14 years experience where does that leave the senior no ranks five or six year from now congressman Are griping because Young men age 39 to 42 Are retiring drawing retirement pay and arc starting a second career. Well mister congressman what Are you and the Millary doing what incentives Are you proposing for us to keep the senior cos in first Stop taking Money out of our pock ets to that other ranks can have a bigger pay raise. Contrary to popular belief i m not Rich. And pay us for the work we do. Then maybe just maybe if we go Back to being an army where there u Pride discipline and most important where the offi cers Start backing their cos again and then last but not least Stop All the Back stabbing then you la retain your senior cos. That s All the incentive we need. That s All the incentive i need.  Rouh j. Kyo Kirch cmos Germany reminder because of Ibe Large resume of sol tits column reclines Dally letters thai Are Brief Tat to the Point Tare a much better Kanje of being published. A Jettora to tie editor nut Weitala the my Date bum sad adders of the writer and mat be i gawd. We do s�4 rare a tined Kitten. Brt we a Fol withheld your Utsar of re quest Aad protect your piracy. 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