Sacre-Bleu! Burgundy Producer Behind Bars as Laboure-Roi Investigated for Wine Fraud.
June 19, 2012
The four directors of Maison Labouré-Roi have been thrown in the slammer, charged with the heinous crime of wine fraud.
The ol’ Gendarme busted the 180-year-old Burgundy negociant house after an 18-month investigation by the National Fraud Office. Computers and files have been seized from the firm’s Nuits-Saint-Georges property.
Labouré-Roi, is the largest producer in the Burgundy region to supply wine to airlines. It is also estimated that 50% of net sales from Labouré-Roi comes from its exports, through working with hundreds of Burgundy growers.
Public Prosecutor Eric Lallement stated during a press conference on June 13th that the fraud office first became aware of a problem after the figures Labouré-Roi had reported bottling and what their grape yields were declared to be at harvest time were a little “sketchy” (my words, not theirs….obviously). “With the number of bottles in question,” said Lallement, “this can not have been simply a casual mistake.”
The magnitude of this fraud is estimated to be around 1.1m bottles.
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Closing the Curtains on Crushpad as the Custom Crush Wine Facility Allegedly Calls it Quits.
June 18, 2012
Wine Industry Insight has reported that Crushpad, the DIY winemaking service that enabled budding wine enthusiasts to make their own vino is closing its doors.
Wine Industry Insight goes on to state that several reliable sources confirm that Crushpad was urgently seeking $500,000 last week in last-ditch hopes to stay afloat after Bill Foley (the company’s main investor) decided he would no longer underwrite any more of the operation’s mounting losses.
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June 17, 2012
All Chateau Lafite Wine Bottles to Carry Prooftag.
June 16, 2012
Chateau Lafite Rothschild have stated to the Decanter magazine that all bottles of its wine from the 2009 vintage onwards will use Prooftag anti-fraud seals.
Prooftag is a capsule seal with a 13-numbered code which can be authenticated on its website.
Also, in an effort to decrease the amount of wine fraud, Chateau Lafite is also engaging directly with Chinese consumers, and has opened up an account on Weibo, known as the Chinese twitter.
The problem of fraud is especially rampant in China. It’s estimated that Chinese buyers have a one in two chance of being sold a fake bottle of Chateau Lafite.
The Prooftag received accreditation from the Chinese authorities 18 months ago, and is reportedly also being used by some government agencies for the delivery of confidential documents.
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June 15, 2012
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