Comments on: Official findings of “Operazione Mixed Wine” Brunello investigation

By: Italy Announces Findings in Brunello di Montalcino Probe - The Pour Blog - NYTimes.com

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:13:42 +0000

[...] grapes to make their wines. Brunello di Montalcino is required to be 100 percent sangiovese. According to the official findings of the investigation, 17 people in the industry were found to have committed some form of transgression, from cheating in [...]

By: Decanter exonerates Montalcino: Freudian slip or baciamo le mani? « Do Bianchi

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:20:05 +0000

[...] See the report published by Franco and me at VinoWire. [...]

By: A quixotic appeal to Brunello producers must not go unheard « Do Bianchi

A quixotic appeal to Brunello producers must not go unheard « Do Bianchi — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:34:33 +0000

[...] di Montalcino (the Brunello Producers Association), demanding they step down in the wake of the Italian Treasury Department’s findings that members of the consortium have “cheated in commercial transactions” (the [...]

By: Cositas y cosotas: 24.07.2009 « La otra botella

Cositas y cosotas: 24.07.2009 « La otra botella — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:31:53 +0000

[...] de los descubrimientos de la Tesorería Italiana (más detalles sobre estas revelaciones de fraude aquí; se investigó a siete bodegas toscanas de mucho renombre bajo sospecha de adulterar sus brunellos [...]

By: Dusk in Montalcino « Do Bianchi

Dusk in Montalcino « Do Bianchi — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:41:17 +0000

[...] dust has settled and Franco and I have finally had time to summarize and translate notes from the Italian Treasury Department’s findings in “Ope… the investigation of the Brunello affair, Brunellogate, or Brunellopoli as it has been called in [...]