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...“Three years ago we were selling lots of French Champagne,” said José Carlos Ariza, a Madrid wine merchant. “Now people are reluctant to spend more than €10-€15 on a bottle of wine.”...
...On paper, José Carlos Ariza’s wine shop in Madrid has been doing good business in spite of Spain’s prolonged economic recession....
...“Objectively things are not really better, or only a tiny bit better,” says José Carlos Ariza, whose wine shop in central Madrid was hit during the crisis by restaurants and other customers failing to pay...
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