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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
When is a pinot noir not really a pinot noir? French prosecutor thinks he knows
Check out this story from Decanter.com entitled “Charges brought in Pinot Noir-Red Bicyclette scandal”.
I know, I know, this type of thing has been going on for years, etc. etc. Maybe I’m naive, but I still find this stunning, particularly the scope of the allegations. Thirteen defendants? And a small lake of wine that was passed off as pinot when it was, in fact, something else?
I just wonder whether there was perhaps just a hint of, “Oh, we’ll just sell it to the Americans — they’ll never be able to tell the difference anyway” attitude at work here. Ya THINK??
Have you had any unusually dark-colored, full-bodied, relatively inexpensive “pinot noir” lately?
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