During what time did the boycott on French wine begin ?
Indicative are reports written mainly by French and British travelers of the time ; Cyrus Redding writes in 1851: " the vine grower of Cyprus hides from his neighbour the amount of his vintage , and always buries part of his produce for concealment ; the exactions of the government are so great , that his profit upon what he allows to be seen is too little to remunerate him for his loss in time and labour . "