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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080404182422.ms1eiuif&show_article=1

Mafia blamed for 70 million litres of tainted Italian wine



Italy produced and sold at least 70 million litres of cheap wine containing acid, manure and fertiliser, Italian weekly L'Espresso said on Friday, largely blaming organised crime in the south.

It said bottles sold at less than two euros (around three dollars) a litre contained very little wine, and a potentially deadly concoction of water and chemical substances, including hydrochloric acid.

L'Espresso said 20 companies, eight of which are in the north of Italy, were currently being investigated. In southern Italy, two companies based in Taranto and run by the local Sacra Corona Unita mafia were the main source of the bootleg beverage, the report said.

Despite a recent crackdown, many bottles of the tainted wine are still being sold, L'Espresso said, adding that it found a whole stack in a shopping centre in northeast Italy.

The agriculture ministry, which neither confirmed nor denied L'Espresso's findings, told AFP enquiries had allowed the government to protect consumers and to distinguish genuine producers from criminals.

In a statement Agriculture Minister Paolo De Castro described the Italian wine industry as dynamic and healthy, insisting that habitual wrongdoers known to the police "would not ruin the image of an entire economic sector".

Nonetheless, on Friday, the European Commission's spokeswoman on health Nina Papadoulaki asked Italian authorities for an explanation on the matter.

L'Espresso's findings come as the government is investigating 13 producers of the upmarket Tuscan wine Brunello di Montalcino for using unauthorised grapes. It has since confiscated bottles from four of the producers.

The new scandal comes two weeks after Italy was forced to withdraw mozzarella from the market when raised dioxin levels were found in the soft buffalo milk cheese.

Scientists linked the case to thousands of tonnes of rubbish which has accumulated in the Naples area, again partly because of mafia activities.

 

[speedpop]

What does poo taste like?

 

[Raguel]

Was that picture of the shite neccessary? I mean...i'm eating...

 

[VPhys]

I don't think posting pictures of shit is allowed on GAF.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

First, I had to worry about imports from China and now I have to worry about imports from Italy...............yeesh.

 

[Great Rumbler]

It said bottles sold at less than two euros (around three dollars) a litre contained very little wine, and a potentially deadly concoction of water and chemical substances, including hydrochloric acid.

The hydrochloric acid gives it a very smooth taste that only a true wine connoisseur can detect. Takes years of training, or so I hear.

 

[Green Shinobi]

I don't think posting pictures of shit is allowed on GAF.

I call for a ban.

 

[Icanplaythat]

I don't think posting pictures of shit is allowed on GAF.

Really?
Should I take it down?
Is fake poop ok?
Do I have to declare it as fake poop if I change it to a pic of fake poop?

 

[Zaptruder]

OP, edit out pictures of shit now, before some mod comes along and shits down your throad.

 

[bjork]

My cat's butt smells like cat poop.

 

[Seth C]

Really?
Should I take it down?
Is fake poop ok?
Do I have to declare it as fake poop if I change it to a pic of fake poop?

I'm sure some obviously fake (rubber) poop would be fine.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Laphraoig connoisseurs have been knowingly drinking this sort of thing for decades, and they're paying a premium to do it.

 

[Tarazet]

Just let me put in a good word for Napa wine country here. OK?

 

[Majmun]

What does poo taste like?

Maybe like the food you ate?

 

[Tyrannical]

Well, at leat they aren't putting anti-freeze in it anymore.

 

[GoutPatrol]

Well, at leat they aren't putting anti-freeze in it anymore.

I was gonna make that joke.

 

[PrinceAdam]

Take that you yuppie bastards!

 

[Brannon]

You could use a picture of an enlisted soldier poo from Blue Dragon.

Suri's poo is good, too.

 

[GhostSeed]

Rick James: "Drink up and be merry!"

 

[ten5ive9ine]

Take that you yuppie bastards!

Wine is only consumed by yuppie bastards?

You, sir, live under a rock.

 

[Scopebob Sniperpants]

Good thread title. Decent article.

Ban worthy? I hope not.

For those people that are crying about seeing poop. I have a book for you.

I don't want to give away the ending, but it's better then any M Night Shyamalan ending.
Or at least EQUAL TO.

 

[way more]

I'm glad you posted this because I knew something was up. The last glass I had tasted like your sister's asshole.

 

[Wired]

I'm glad you posted this because I knew something was up. The last glass I had tasted like your sister's asshole.

A taste that's very dry and wonderfully complex, with flavors that range from apple and citrus fruit to buttered toast, brioche and more. Its finish is wonderfully long and ever-changing, and its bouquet proves truly compelling, which will age gracefully and improve with a few years?

 

[bishoptl]

Tastes very dry and wonderfully complex, with flavors that range from apple and citrus fruit to buttered toast, brioche and more. Its finish is wonderfully long and ever-changing, and its bouquet proves truly compelling, which will age gracefully and improve with a few years?

Wow. Now I'm thirsty.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

My cat's butt smells like cat poop.

You know what they say: Once you get past the smell, you gotta taste it.

 

[TheRipDizz]

I make wine in California. Lemme tell you, if you're paying less than $14 for a bottle of wine, there was a lot more than shit in there.

 

[K.Jack]

Meh, I only import Spanish wines anyway. Disgusting story though. Has anyone been injured by this fugazi brew?

 

[Tyrannical]

I make wine in California. Lemme tell you, if you're paying less than $14 for a bottle of wine, there was a lot more than shit in there.

Sucker! I pay that for a whole 5 liter box of the stuff, and it's all USDA inspected california merlot. Of course it's the wine equivalent of Budweiser.

 

[Ford Prefect]

If this is real, then there's a thread I missed a year-and-a-half ago.

 

[adamsappel]

When my wife and I went to Italy, my father advised me to only drink white wine. Seems at one time the reds were being adulterated with cattle blood. Nice to see things haven't changed!

 

[Quagm1r3]

Wait, so you are telling me that EVERYONE poops? Even apples, like the one pictured on the cover?

Whoa, man.

I think the picture implies that the apple is being eaten, therefore resulting in poop.

It's my favorite book. Don't hate just cause your abusive parents never read to you.

 

[tri_willy]

what a crunk of shit

 

[Nexus Zero]

I clicked this tab just as the Scientology page loaded. For a split second, all I saw was "Scientology uses dirty tricks"... THEY WOULDN'T

 

[iamblades]

Well, at leat they aren't putting anti-freeze in it anymore.

Or lead acetate.

 

[megateto]

Meh, I only import Spanish wines anyway. Disgusting story though. Has anyone been injured by this fugazi brew?

Listen to this man :lol . Are you a Rioja or Ribera de Duero man, K.Jack?

 

[Hitokage]

General rule of thumb: Scatology and vomit fall into the "pics people don't want to see" category along with Jocelyn Wildenstein and Nicole Bass(certainly not to be confused with "pics people do want to see but may get in trouble for it"). Mods, as it happens, can do something about them instead of just complaining.

 

[rezuth]

Who the hell buys wine for less than €2 an litre? They deserve to die.

 

[Jacobi]

Boring. The Simpsons already did it

 

[UltimaKilo]

At that price, it should be expected. My wine club only sends me 90+ rated wines.

www.wine.com