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A winegrower in the southwest of France has unveiled a new vintage fit for 2020: Test du Covid.

Christophe Avi, based in the department of Lot-et-Garonne, has printed 1,500 labels for his special festive wine, a 2018 Merlot-Tannat.

The labels explain how the test works: 鈥淪erve a glass. Smell the wine. Taste the wine. If you discover a taste or smell, you do not have Covid.鈥�

The bottle comes with the additional message that this should be taken with humour.

Mr Avi, who runs the vineyard Domaine du Bois de Simon, said the idea was to 鈥渂ring a bit of good humour in this period of gloom".

Consumers should 鈥渢est themselves鈥� with moderation.

Mr Avi is not the first winegrower in France to have the idea.

In November, producer Chapelle B茅rard also launched a wine Covid test. Their vintage is 鈧�8 a bottle but the website says they have all sold out: 鈥渁 victim of its own success鈥�.

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