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In the 1950s North Africa was one of the most important sources of wine for European consumption, when French blending vats depended heavily on the deep, heady reds produced in colonial Algeria. Today, wine production along the North Africa coast has been plummeting as the influence of Islam increases but Morocco still makes some interesting wines and has the potential to produce more. The state still has a heavy hand in wine production, which is geared to tourists and export to couscous cafés all over France, although foreign investment has been positively encouraged since the mid 1990s. Some characterful dry pink wines sold as Vin Gris and some rich, strong Muscat dessert wines are made. Some of the dominant producers are Bordeaux giant Castel and and the Moroccan-owned Celliers de Meknès and Bernard Magrez of Bordeaux has also overseen the production of some special Moroccan bottlings.
