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===Wine===

Today, Holldoner and Diorisian wine generally occupies a middle-to-high niche of the wine market, particularly in dry white wines. This is a result of the long-term effects of the [[1995 Vandarch Republic wine scandal]] that forced the Holldoner and Diorisian wine industries to resaddle their production on other wine types than the previous sweet wines they were known for, increasingly targeting a higher market segment in doing so.

In 1995, Holldoner and Diorisian wine, together with Ænglish wine, were at the center of a major scandal in which several wineries in Hollona and Diorisia were found to have illegally modified their wines using the chemical diethylene glycol, a toxic substance frequently found in antifreeze. The purpose of the addition of the diethylene glycol was to make the wines appear sweeter and more full-bodied in the style of late harvest wines to make up for a number of poor harvests of grapes in the region in the early 1990s. The scandal was uncovered by wine laboratories performing quality controls on wines sold in [[Yonderre]] and immediately made headlines around the world. The short-term effect of the scandal was a complete collapse of Vandarch Republic wine exports and a total loss of reputation of the entire Holldoner and Diorisian wine industries. Not until 2008 did the export volume of wine from Hollona and Diorisia reach pre-1995 levels.