Southern French wine growers turn violent Big News Network Thursday 21st April, 2005 (UPI) Wine growers in southern France, hit by falling consumption, competition from other nations and lots of production from northern France, are turning violent. A demonstration which began peacefully in Narbonne by some 10,000 growers seeking more help from Paris and Brussels erupted into a clash with police, the Independent reported Thursday. Some 50 young wine growers plus a handful of anarchists threw Molotov cocktails, stones and flares at riot police Wednesday. The demonstrators were angry that, having cut their production, growers in northern regions boosted theirs,...