French winemakers will transform wine that went unsold during the country's two-month coronavirus lockdown into hand sanitizer and ethanol to make room for the next harvest.
Wine sales and exports, particularly to the U.S., plunged at the height of the coronavirus crisis, leaving winemakers with millions of litres of unsold wine.
The alcohol resulting from the distillation is exclusively reserved for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry and the production of hand sanitizer, and for the production of ethanol."The distilled wine in no case is to be used to make spirits," said Josso.
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