42 CRAV: The French Wine Terrorists (Yes, that's a thing!)
Just when you think you've heard it all, you find out that there are French wine terrorists. Yes, you read that right. In 2006, CRAV, a group of French wine makers and purists who had been protesting the EU laws on wine trade upped their game and began attacking stores distribution centers, and chateaus that were using imported wine, and cheap domestic wine. These rules were cheapening the product in favor of imports and exports, taking away from the quality of genuine domestic French wine. The French are SERIOUS about their domestic wine, so they declared war to the point that millions of gallons of imported wine flooded the streets of France. They are listed as a terrorist group, and they even attracted the attention of Muammar Ghaddafi, who wanted to arm them in their fight against the French government.
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