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Offline mountaineer

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« Reply #100 on: April 19, 2019, 08:33:17 am »
Oh, the humanity!
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Bordeaux fire destroys $13 million worth of wine in France
By Ebony Bowden
April 18, 2019 | 2:55pm

Fans of Bordeaux have plenty of reason to whine this week.

A blaze at a warehouse in the vaunted wine-making region in South West France incinerated $12.9 million worth of vino on Tuesday afternoon.

At least 2 million bottles of wine and spirits were destroyed and 80 employees were evacuated when the fire broke out at the Bordeaux warehouse.

Roughly 60 firefighters spent 15 hours fighting the raging blaze but were unable to save a significant amount of booze, which belonged to wine producer Sovex, French media The Local reported. ...
New York Post

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Re: The Vineyard
« Reply #101 on: April 19, 2019, 08:43:16 am »
That's awful!
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