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The scandal was uncovered by wine laboratories performing quality controls on wines sold in [[Yonderre]] and immediately made headlines around the world. No such testing had been undertaken in [[Anglei]] or the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Vandarch Republic]]. The affected wines were immediately withdrawn from the market and wine from [[Hollona and Diorisia]] was banned in several countries. A number of people involved in the scandal were sentenced to prison or heavy fines in [[Anglei]] and [[Hollona and Diorisia]]. | The scandal was uncovered by wine laboratories performing quality controls on wines sold in [[Yonderre]] and immediately made headlines around the world. No such testing had been undertaken in [[Anglei]] or the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Vandarch Republic]]. The affected wines were immediately withdrawn from the market and wine from [[Hollona and Diorisia]] was banned in several countries. A number of people involved in the scandal were sentenced to prison or heavy fines in [[Anglei]] and [[Hollona and Diorisia]]. | ||
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, with significant adverse effects on the reputation of Ænglish wines as well. The long-term effect was that the Holldoner and Diorisian wine industries focused their production on other wine types than previously, primarily dry white wines instead of sweet wines, and increasingly targeted a higher market segment, but it took the | 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, with significant adverse effects on the reputation of Ænglish wines as well. The long-term effect was that the Holldoner and Diorisian wine industries focused their production on other wine types than previously, primarily dry white wines instead of sweet wines, and increasingly targeted a higher market segment, but it took the wine industries of Hollona, Diorisia and Anglei over a decade to recover. Much stricter wine laws were also enacted by the [[Levantine Union]]. | ||
It is not known that any single death is directly contributable to the diethylene glycol-tainted wine, but it is thought to have done damage to the livers and kidneys of countless thousands. | It is not known that any single death is directly contributable to the diethylene glycol-tainted wine, but it is thought to have done damage to the livers and kidneys of countless thousands. | ||