Two French wine-makers suffocated by carbon dioxide fumes from grapes
they were treading
Two amateur French wine makers have died after they were
suffocated by the fumes from the grapes they were treading with their
bare feet.
The victims had volunteered to help a friend make wine at his
On Dec 3, 2009, at 6:01 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Carbon dioxide is formed during the alcoholic fermentation of the grapes.
Because it is 1.5 times heavier than air it sinks to floor level - the bottom
of wine vats or in wine cellars.
The gas is odourless and colourless, meaning that
