A crowd of disgruntled vignerons and their allies marched through downtown Bordeaux in December, calling for help to save their livelihoods. When the hundreds of marchers reached the doors of the Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB), the local trade organization, they piled dead vines on its doorstep and hung a dummy from a tree outside. Read on.
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