Militant winemakers have claimed responsibility for explosions and fires at several supermarkets in southern France, raising concerns of a return to violence in the region.
Minor explosions at supermarkets across Languedoc Roussillon, from the cities of Narbonne to Nimes, may signify the re-start of a campaign by the region's militant winemaker group, Comité d'Action Viticole (CAV).
Many Languedoc winemakers remain heavily in debt as a result of France's recent travails on the world wine market, and fear they will be hit hard by EU plans to rip out 400,000 vines in its upcoming wine reform programme.
No one was injured in the supermarket attacks, although the force of the explosions was enough to blow out windows at some of the retailers.
Police arrested the head of a local wine co-operative, l'Occitane. He was being held in Montpellier on Monday.
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