accident

Winery Tower Collapse Leads To Spilled Vintage

Filed under: Wine

A big accident at a winery in Australia led to the loss of more than $10 million AUD in wine. The accident occurred when a fermenting tower collapsed at the Wirra Wirra winery in the McLaren Vale region. Seven workers were on a platform when it fell apart and a cellar hand was injured. The wine spilled after the concrete platform, which held several stainless steel fermenting tanks, crumbled. The winery has bee temporarily and workers have said that the situation inside the winery has been generally chaotic. before the accident. Most of the wine lost was red and from this years vintage.

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Lady Moura Has A Scrape In Cannes

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing

Usually the stories from the Cannes Film Festival involve mischievous celebs up to no good, not one of the world's largest yachts. But the luxury vessel, the Lady Moura, ran aground on Saturday after hitting submerged rocky outcrop near the port. Two local hotel-owned beaches were briefly closed due to the potential of fuel leaks. The 354-yacht was pulled off the hazard by a tugboat. Two large holes were given a patch job and then the boat headed to Gibraltar for repairs. The yacht belongs to Saudi billionaire Nasser Al-Rashid, who is said to have paid more than 200 million dollars for the yacht and luckily has enough cash to restore his baby back into tip top shape.

Lady Moura, named after one of Nasser Al-Rashid's ex-wives, has a helicopter on board. For pics of the accident, which show Lady Moura slightly listing, check out Yachtspotter.com.

[picture via Monaco Eye]

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Lamborghini Murcielago Totaled in Crash

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

It's been a while since we had a spectacular Southern California exotic car crash. Nope, not Paris Hilton, who surrendered her Bentley this week after driving down Sunset Blvd. without her lights on. This crash involves a $275,000 Lamborghini which was totaled when the 26-year-old driver drunkenly careened into five parked cars in Santa Monica on Thursday. Witnesses reported that the 2004 Lamborghini Murcielago may have been doing 75 mph. Both driver and passenger were treated for minor injuries and the driver was arrested for drunken driving.

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