Screw me, Screw you

"In a first for South Africa, an entire cellar of sauvignon blanc wine has been embargoed after tests showed that the winemaker had added flavourants."

Sounds like somebody's putting some poop in the soup...

Some outraged winemakers believe that the illegal practice of adding flavourants to wine is widespread.

Said Andre van Rensburg, winemaker at Vergelegen: "We're actually surprised there was only one winemaker caught."

"It is the tip of the iceberg. There's definitely more than one cheater."

"I hope they make a textbook case out of this one."

Maybe we should wait for the other shoe to drop....

"I hope he has to spend a couple of nights in a jail, preferably with a lot of sodomisers."

Did I say shoe? I meant soap...

This may sound a bit extreme on the part of Vergelegen, but maybe not. This could prove to be a very effective deterrent against winemakers 'monkeying' around with an industry that is very important to South Africa. Maybe California and the AVA program should consider a similar approach.