Around a hundred wine growers and around thirty tractors blocked access to the warehouses of Castel Frères, a global wine trading giant. Demonstrators dumped manure, hay, tires and even vine stocks in front of the entrance to the Blanquefort site.
Bordeaux vineyard, the largest AOC vineyard in France with 110,000 hectares, is facing an overproduction crisis for several years. The government plans to present "by the summer" a new law to "strengthen the Egalim system" which should allow better remuneration for farmers.