French wine farmers decided to distill stock wine that was not sold during the Corona19 blockade as a raw material for alcohol disinfectants.

On the 4th (local time), the head of Didier Josso, president of the wine sector of the French AgriMer (FranceAgriMer), said, "From tomorrow, 33 certified distillers will begin distilling stock wines and purifying them with ethanol. AFP,” said AFP.

The alcohol produced in this way is supplied to French pharmaceutical companies and cosmetics companies, and is used as a raw material for hand sanitizers and medical antiseptic alcohols.

French wine farmers decided to divert stock wine as a raw material to disinfectants because the demand for hand sanitizers or medical disinfecting alcohol increased significantly in the wake of corona19.

In order to prevent the spread of Corona19, France imposed a blockade and ban on restaurants, cafes and bars across the country from mid-March to last month.

French wine sales have declined sharply as restaurants and taverns, the country's largest consumer of wine, are closed, and containment continues in the United States, the largest importer of French wine.

Accordingly, the French Agricultural and Fisheries Industry Promotion Agency and wine farmers came up with the idea of ​​distilling the unsold wine and making purified ethanol to supply it as a disinfectant raw material.

Agrimer of France decided to pay 78 Euros for wine certified by a wine farmer and €58 for wines that are not certified for production.

Hectoroliter is a standard unit for measuring wine in a European winery. One liter is 100 liters.

France's wine distillation costs are supported by the European Union's Agricultural Fund, up to 2 million hectares.

The EU has recently decided to allow its member countries to distill their stock wines into medical ethanol by October 15th and provide subsidies in the exceptional emergency of Corona19.

In Spain and Italy, wines have recently been distilled into medical ethanol.

"There will be no other liquor made by distilling wine," said Joso, president of the Agricultural and Fishery Industry Promotion Corporation.