Thursday, January 19, 2006

Shoveling more merde

An angry group of Bordeaux winemakers heaped a tonne of manure outside a wine broker's office on Monday, protesting the "unfair" prices in the contracts offered for the 2005 vintage.

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The JA follows the actions of the FNSEA union (Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles) which recently bricked up entrance to the CIVB (Bordeaux trade body's HQ) in a similar protest.

At least they're not bombing the brokers like the winemakers in Montpellier...

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