CHEERS: It's a good thing he doesn't have to drive
It's hard to argue with a road safety campaign you'd think. Since France began a crackdown on speeding earlier this year, road deaths have fallen by more than 20%. But now the campaign is targeting drunk driving and some in the French wine industry are crying foul. With restaurant wine sales reportedly dropping, A.F.I.VIN, an umbrella group of winemakers and sellers, worries the campaign is scaring the French away from their habitual bottle of red with dinner. "Certainly, safety is the priority, but we shouldn't exaggerate the role of wine in road accidents," says A.F.I.VIN director Patric Rousseaux. "People should...
