Awards and citations:


1997: Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Noble Cuvée Award for investigations into Champagne for the Millennium investment scams

2001: Le Prix Champagne Lanson Ivory Award for investdrinks.org

2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

2011: Robert M. Parker, Jnr: ‘This blogger...’:

2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Tuesday 2 August 2011

1855 (1855.com): this scam could be ended quickly

Château Lafite: one of many wines not delivered by 1855

My new post on Les 5 du Vin: 

'On 27th July I posted a snippet of news about 1855.com on Jim’s Loire. It attracted this comment: “This story will never end ... “
Although it is certainly true that 1855 has been defrauding some of its en primeur Bordeaux customers for far too long, it is nonsense to suggest that this saga couldn’t be brought to a speedy and abrupt end.
 There are three obvious scenarios. There are doubtless others but these three would bring a halt to this fraudulent trading.'
Read the rest here

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