{"id":26964,"date":"2019-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/sea-and-vines-cops-backlash-after-some-pretty-wild-behaviour\/"},"modified":"2019-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T00:00:00","slug":"sea-and-vines-cops-backlash-after-some-pretty-wild-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/sea-and-vines-cops-backlash-after-some-pretty-wild-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea & Vines Cops Backlash After Some Pretty Wild Behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are calls to \u2018reformat\u2019 the Sea & Vines festival following some unruly behaviour in McLaren Vale over the long weekend.<\/h3>\n

The messy behaviour of some revellers was documented online, including a group of men who were filmed urinating in public<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now a former McLaren Vale winery manager says the festival needs a rethink.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in its current format it certainly needs a tweak,\u201d Max Mason told FIVEAA Breakfast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMcLaren Vale is exemplary 363 days of the year on making sure the responsible service of alcohol is administered across its many fabulous wineries.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor two days obviously the number of people become massively increased but a few of those people exhibit a little bit too much lack of control, let\u2019s say. That I think needs to be reformatted for the current day.<\/p>\n

\u201cCelebration of the vale, celebration of the wines is excellent but what we need to do is continue the teaching that we do throughout the rest of the year and say, look, you need to celebrate this in a format that\u2019s slightly more fitting with Barossa Gourmet Weekend and any other of the wine or food celebrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vale has incredible things to offer and it should be done so in a format that is more befitting the behaviour for the rest of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n