just one year sfter austria was rocked by a doctoring scandal, italy is facing a similar crisis. nineteen people have died and about 100 have been hospitalized in recent weeks after after drinking cheap wine containing methanol (methyl alcohal. authorites guess that alcohal content of their wine. even though the doctoring appears to be limited to lower quality wines, the reputation of italian wine have been stopped at the border for chemical anoalysis even though they had alread been checked by italian authorities. moreover, wine producers in southern france have called for a ban on italian imports