Aussies pull out of the south of France

Seems as though members of the Hardy family forsook their native Australia to live in the Languedoc and colonise Ancient Gaul to no avail. Hardy's announce that they are pulling out of their investment in the south of France, centred on a slightly ramshackle old wine farm outside Béziers called La Baume.

The property has been sold to Les Grands Chais de France which owns the J P Chenet brand and plan to cook up something a bit more exciting with all that technological wizardry that has been left behind by the Australians.

Presumably this disposal is a result of...