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Group would guarantee wines are pure Sangiovese, but critics question the plan
Posted: June 3, 2008 By Jo Cooke
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James Suckling Uncorked
Posted: May 28, 2008 By James Suckling
Brunello di Montalcino producers were given a few extra weeks before their wines will be banned from the US market. On May 13, I reported in my blog post " Brunello's Mess Worsens " that producers had until June 9 to prove that what's on the label is consistent with what's in the bottle.
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U.S. officials give producers until June 23 to guarantee Brunello is 100 percent Sangiovese before imports are blocked
Posted: May 28, 2008 By Jo Cooke, Mitch Frank
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New book details the murky tale of the "Thomas Jefferson" bottles and the collector who is determined to prove they are fakes
Posted: May 23, 2008 By Thomas Matthews
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The wine-auction market faces more questions after 107 bottles of Burgundy prove fraudulent
Posted: May 16, 2008 By Peter Hellman
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James Suckling Uncorked
Posted: May 13, 2008 By James Suckling
You are going to see a lot less Brunello di Montalcino in the United States very soon if Italian authorities and wine producers don’t get their act together. The Italian Embassy in Washington DC recently received notification from the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) warning that, beginning on June 9, imports of Brunello di Montalcino to the United States will be blocked unless producers can guarantee that their wines are pure Sangiovese, as required by Italian wine law.
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Federal agency asks Italian authorities to certify that wines are pure Sangiovese
Posted: May 13, 2008 By James Suckling, Jo Cooke, Mitch Frank
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Montalcino winery will sell top wine as IGT
Posted: May 2, 2008 By James Suckling
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James Suckling Uncorked
Posted: April 21, 2008 By James Suckling
I spoke to the commercial director of Argiano this morning, the well-known producer of Brunello di Montalcino, and he told me that they decided to declassify most of their 2003 Brunello di Montalcino production.
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ASC partner Don St. Pierre Jr. released after officials investigate suspected falsification of reported wine prices
Posted: April 21, 2008 By Mark Graham
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James Suckling Uncorked
Posted: April 11, 2008 By James Suckling
In recent days, wine producers and government officials in Tuscany have been meeting behind closed doors. They are trying to decide what to do about “Brunellopoli” – the highly publicized investigation swirling around Italy’s famous red, Brunello di Montalcino.
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Don St. Pierre Jr. held as part of investigation into wine industry
Posted: April 4, 2008 By Mark Graham
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Italian authorities impound wines as part of an investigation
Posted: April 3, 2008 By Jo Cooke
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William Koch files his latest in a series of lawsuits
Posted: April 1, 2008 By Mitch Frank
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Investigation of Italian wine producer began in 2005, with allegations that the winery used grapes from southern Italy in estate wines
Posted: March 12, 2008 By Jo Cooke
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William Koch refiles court case against German wine dealer after recent dismissal
Posted: February 12, 2008 By Mitch Frank
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Judge rules that the court has no jurisdiction over embattled German wine dealer Hardy Rodenstock, but plaintiff William Koch will refile
Posted: January 17, 2008 By Eric Arnold
Nov. 30, 2007 Issue
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Will court cases on counterfeit wines scare collectors away from fall auctions?
Posted: November 30, 2007
Collecting
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California collector and New York auction house targeted in new lawsuit by billionaire collector
Posted: October 30, 2007 By Mitch Frank
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James Suckling Uncorked
Posted: September 6, 2007 By James Suckling
I was looking at the comments from my blog of Aug. 30 on Hardy Rodenstock and Jefferson bottles and it made me go back and read an article I wrote in 1998 on counterfeit wines. It was called “ A Taste of Deception : An exclusive look at counterfeit wine – a multimillion-dollar business.
