WineFuture Rioja09: do they know where the money came from?

Wanted for fraud: Pancho Campo MW on the Interpol site

WineFuture Rioja09:
The conference certainly has an impressive array of both sponsors and speakers. (see below)

I’m sure that these are all prudent people and organisations, who will doubtless have demanded or will demand from Pancho Campo MW, detailed and convincing assurances that the proceeds of fraud in Dubai were not used in the founding of The Wine Academy of Spain in 2003. In these days of ever-stricter money laundering regulations no one would want to be associated with an organisation that might have been set up using the proceeds of a fraud.

Sponsors

Main sponsor:

Rioja (http://www.riojawine.com/)

Official sponsors:

Gobierno de La Rioja

Araex & Spanish Fine Wines

Marqués de Riscal

Spanish Wine Education, http://www.spainwines.es/

mercados del Vino y la Distribución

Avis

Bodegas Dinastía Vivanco

Riedel

Robert Mondavi Winery

Constellation Europe

Diario La Rioja

Peñaclara, Agua Mineral Natural

JF Hillebrand - Global Beverage, Wine and Spirits Logistics

Tierra de Viñedos

FIJEV

Domecq Bodegas

Wines From Spain

Enerterra

Bodegas Pérez Barquero

Academia Espanola de Gastronomia

AMORIM

Bodegas Regalia

Details here: http://www.winefuture.es/index.php?opt=sponsors

Speakers@WineFuture Rioja09:
Baudouin Havaux Concours Mondiale de Bruxelles
Charlotte Hey, editor of the Drinks Business Magazine
Christopher Cannan, Europvin
Christian Barré, Domecq Bodegas
Justin Howard-Sneyd MW, Waitrose
Dmitry Pinsky, Founder and co-owner of DP-Trade, the most important distributor and importer of wine and spirits in Russia.
Esteban Cabezas. He is now a partner in The Wine Academy of Spain to develop the first Wine Business School in Spain.
Felicity Carter, editor-in-Chief of German based magazine Meininger's Wine Business International.
Gary Vaynerchuk Wine Library TV
Jancis Robinson OBE, MW
Jeremy Benson, president of Benson Marketing Group, a wine marketing agency with offices in Napa, New York and Rioja
Jorge Ordoñez, head of Orowines
José Peñín, Spanish wine critic
Juan Such Juan, one of the founders of Verema.com
Kevin Zraly, founder of the Windows of the World Wine School, technical director of WineFuture-Rioja’09
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW based in Singapore, part of the team of reviewers for Robert Parker
Manuel Julia, director of FENAVIN, the National Wine Fair, since 2001
Matheiu Chadronnier general manager of the CVBG Group
Mel Dick, Vice-president for Southern Wines & Spirits and the President of the wine división
Miguel Torres, president of Bodegas Miguel Torres,
Nicola Jenkin,WRAP
Oz Clarke
Pancho Campo MW, founder of The Wine Academy of Spain
Paul Pontallier, Château Margaux
Quim Vila, founder and CEO of Vilaviniteca
Richard Halstead, Wine Intelligence
Robert Joseph
Robert Parker
Robin Kelley O´Connor, director of Sales and Education for Sherry-Lehmann
Ryan Opaz Catavino.net
Steven Spurrier
Troy Christensen, president of Constellation Brands Europe,
Ulf Sjodin MW, wine consultant
Don St. Pierre, Jr. the Chief Executive Officer of ASC Fine Wines
Tim Hanni MW, CWE, CEO of the Napa Seasoning Company LLC
Rafael Ansón, president of Honor of the International Academy of Gastronomy and President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy
Victor Pascual, presidente de la Organización Interprofesional y del Consejo Regulador de la D.O.Ca. Rioja. Consejero y Director de Relaciones Institucionales de Domecq Bodegas. Presidente del Grupo de Empresas Vinícolas de Rioja.(FER/CEOE)
Xavier Pagés Font, general manager for Grupo Codorníu

Details here: http://www.winefuture.es/index.php?opt=congreso&s=ponentes

There is, of course, no suggestion that any of the speakers or sponsors of WineFuture Rioja09 had any involvement in the fraud in Dubai. Indeed it is highly unlikely that any would have known who Pancho Campo was at that time.