Was it fake wine? Gallo awaits French court ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) – E. & J. Gallo, the largest family owned winery in the United States, said on Friday it is waiting for a French court and U.S. regulators to decide if its Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir is the real deal.
Thirteen people including executives from two wineries, five cooperatives, negociant Ducasse and conglomerate Sieur d’Arques, were charged this week with selling millions of dollars worth of fake Pinot Noir to E. & J. Gallo, the wine magazine Decanter reported in its online editions.
“Our contractual agreement with our supplier guarantees all wines supplied meet French regulations including the Pinot Noir in question,” Susan Hensley, a spokeswoman for the California based winery said in an email on Friday.
“At this time it is still a question for the French courts and French and U.S. regulatory authorities to determine whether the wine in question was misrepresented to us,” she said.
Was it fake wine? Gallo awaits French court ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) – E. & J. Gallo, the largest family owned winery in the United States, said on Friday it is waiting for a French court and U.S. regulators to decide if its Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir is the real deal.
Thirteen people including executives from two wineries, five cooperatives, negociant Ducasse and conglomerate Sieur d’Arques, were charged this week with selling millions of dollars worth of fake Pinot Noir to E. & J. Gallo, the wine magazine Decanter reported in its online editions.
“Our contractual agreement with our supplier guarantees all wines supplied meet French regulations including the Pinot Noir in question,” Susan Hensley, a spokeswoman for the California based winery said in an email on Friday.
“At this time it is still a question for the French courts and French and U.S. regulatory authorities to determine whether the wine in question was misrepresented to us,” she said.
From the market to the vineyard
Lenny Recanati was a financier and banker but became a vintner for love, not money. Winemakers in Israel, like their colleagues across the border in Lebanon, have to contend with conflict as well as nature. The most recent release of Lenny Recanati’s Reserve Merlot 2006 was made from grapes from the Ella Valley near Jerusalem, instead of the Upper Galilee. The conflict in the summer of 2006 kept the vintners out of the vineyards for a month.
