Austria's wine scandal
In 1985, government scientists discovered anti-freeze in bottles of fine Austrian wine.
No one died or fell ill from drinking the poisoned wine, but the scandal nearly destroyed the country's wine-making industry.
In 2015, Susan Hulme spoke to Heidi Schroek, a young Austrian wine-maker at the time.
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(Photo: Vineyards in Sulztal, Austria. Credit: Franz Marc Frei/Getty)
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