(Decanter) - Wine merchants in Gascony in southwest France are taking Californian wines off the shelves in retaliation for the foie gras ban. Foie gras has been outlawed across California as a law banning force-feeding of animals came into force on 1 July. Now in the Gers in southern France, the centre of world foie gras production, local winemakers are doing their bit to show solidarity to the region’s many producers, following suggestions from local politician Philippe Martin.