French wine growers are getting violent:
Terrorist attacks by radical wine producers on government offices in the south of France yesterday served notice that the country's wine crisis may be spinning out of control.
Sticks of dynamite were thrown at agriculture ministry offices in Montpellier and Carcassonne in the early hours, causing serious damage but no injuries. A car was also burned outside ministry offices in Nîmes.
The attacks, which were condemned by mainstream wine producers' associations, were claimed by a group called comité régional d'action viticole (Crav).
The same group was responsible for incendiary attacks on supermarkets and explosions outside the offices of wine traders in the Languedoc-Roussillon area last month.
They should have stuck with us in the run up to Iraq. If they'd allied with us, perhaps many Americans would not have sampled the far superior Aussie wines. Sucks for you Marcel.
Saturday, April 02, 2005
French Domestic Terrorism
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The root of the problem is obvious - overproduction of inferior quality wine. You can buy superior wine from Chile, Australia, or even California for 3/4 to 1/2 the price (even before the recent decline in the euro vs. the $). You can get a good - not spectacular, but good - wine from most regions for $10. Ever had $10 Burgundy or Bordeaux? They're awful.
Insisting on handouts instead of remaining competitive by improving the quality of their product is the problem. And now the idiots bomb their own public buildings to to get more of the same.
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