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kiknkorea
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 Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:05 am Post subject: Pinot Noir Scam |
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TOULOUSE, France � A French court has convicted a dozen wine merchants and wine growers for selling and exporting fake Pinot Noir in a lucrative fraud scheme. A leading U.S. wine merchant in the case says he may appeal.
Among others, the fraud victimized California-based giant E. & J. Gallo Winery.
Claude Corset, head of the wine merchant company Ducasse and a leading defendant in the case, told The Associated Press on Thursday that his wine was "irreproachable" and reserves the right to appeal.
A court in Carcassonne, in southwest France, handed him a six-month suspended prison sentence and a $61,000 fine.
Prosecutor Francis Battut said Thursday that Merlot and Syrah grapes were passed off as Pinot Noir in a scheme dating from January 2006 to March 2008. |
OK, I'm no expert, but doesn't it seem strange that someone from Gallo or the other wineries couldn't tell Merlot or Syrah from Pinot Noir?
I feel a little better about not spending a lot on wine!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586568,00.html?test=latestnews |
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visitorq
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:24 am Post subject: |
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It's probably just blended into the cheapest wines, in which case you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference (since it's all crud)... Their target market is probably the kind of people who can't tell the difference between a $8 bottle of Gallo plonck, and a good Burgundy.
Having said that, yeah it's pretty ridiculous. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| visitorq wrote: |
It's probably just blended into the cheapest wines, in which case you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference (since it's all crud)... Their target market is probably the kind of people who can't tell the difference between a $8 bottle of Gallo plonck, and a good Burgundy.
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