WTF?!?!?

Anyone who has read this blog for any period of time should know that I am a Franco-phile. Even when the chips are down, I do my best to defend their actions (or inaction, as the case may be) to the best of my abilities. For the life of me, I can find no way to do so with this one:

'Sexy' face of Bordeaux wine is banned

In an effort to boost wine sales throughout France, some of the regulations regarding the marketing of the juice have been relaxed. Apparently, not too much. The crux of the article comes down to the differences between the following two pictures:


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From the article:

"A court agreed with the health campaigners that the first, with the glass of wine far too close to Mrs Gachet's lips, was "too sexy" to meet the strict requirements of the so-called Evin Law which rules how alcoholic drinks can be promoted."

Unbelievable!