Gruesome video of 'champagne' destruction
I
just got an URGENT e-mail from the Office of Champagne
U.S.A. informing me that
Belgian Customs authorities seized and destroyed a shipment
of over 3,200 bottles of André sparkling wine. The shipment
was seized at the port of Anvers, Belgium, on Tuesday. It is
the latest in a series of seizures in the last four years, representing
important quantities of bottles.
The bottles of Gallo's André sparkling wine with references
to "California Champagne" and "André Champagne
Cellars" are in direct violation of export laws in numerous
countries that protect the place names of wine regions.
But
that's not the interesting part. The interesting part is that
it's all
on video.