Saturday, August 31, 2013

Italian winemaker shunned over racist rant against black minister...

An award-winning Italian winemaker is being shunned by the sector after a bizarre racist tirade on Facebook against Italy's first black government minister.

Fulvio Bressan took to the Internet to rant against Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, an Italian citizen born in what is now Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bressan called the minister a "dirty black monkey" and other racist epithets, later defending his comments by saying he was angry the government was planning to use taxpayer money to house illegal immigrants in hotels.

The organic winemaker, based in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy, has been praised for the traditional techniques used at his family farm.

 But Monica Larner, the Italian reviewer for the prestigious industry publication the Wine Advocate, said: "In light of the unacceptable comments recently made by Fulvio Bressan, I will not taste his wine." Full story...

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