French Extremists Bomb Local (Global) Producer

By: Anthony Gismondi

Announcing

French extremists who sympathize with local wine producers have taken to marketing their wine in an explosive new way.

Both Just Drinks and Decanter are reporting a bomb blast at La Baume winery in the Languedoc region of the south of France - " The bomb - a stick of dynamite - was detonated at La Baume winery last Monday, Decanter said, in an apparent protest against the power of larger companies."

Apparently no-one was injured in the blast but the barrel cellar and roof suffered some damage. Decanter said that it is alleged that a group called Comité Regional d'Action Viticole (CRAV) took responsibility for the attack, in the form of a scrawled message on a wall at the winery.

Tim North, UK director of Les Grands Chais de France, which owns La Baume, blamed "a small minority of extremists" who had "not moved with the times" and had "strong feelings against global companies."

Les Grands Chais de France is the country's biggest wine exporter.

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his YouTube Channel.