Angry French winemakers attack Spanish lorries, block depot

Tension is rising in southern France after winemakers staged a day of action, emptying at least one tanker of Spanish wine and blocking a depot used by the wine subsidiary of Carrefour supermarket. Sixty protesters block supermarket-owned depot near Nîmes They then attacked a tanker suspected of carrying Spanish wine […]

Tension is rising in southern France after winemakers staged a day of action, emptying at least one tanker of Spanish wine and blocking a depot used by the wine subsidiary of Carrefour supermarket.       Sixty protesters block supermarket-owned depot near Nîmes      They then attacked a tanker suspected of carrying Spanish wine      Protesters claiming allegiance to militant group CRAV – or CAV – dump Spanish wine in       shopping centre car park Several protests took place in France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region on Tuesday (17 January) against cheap Spanish wine imports.   Read more at Angry French winemakers attack Spanish lorries, block depot