The French government is allocating €200m (£171.6m) to destroy surplus wine and support producers.

It comes amid a cocktail of problems for the industry, including a falling demand for wine as more people drink craft beer.

Overproduction and the cost of living crisis are also hitting the industry.

Most of the €200m will be used to buy excess stock, with the alcohol sold for use in items such as hand sanitiser, cleaning products and perfume.

  • @mindbleach
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    231 year ago

    The grapes of wrath aren’t usually so literal.

    • @captainlezbian
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      151 year ago

      They very much were. The book is about people moving to harvest grapes in California

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        I mean, fair enough, and I’ve only seen the film adaptation, but I would expect literal grapes of wrath to ferment into Klingon bloodwine, and I don’t recall that being a plot point.