Some good reading: en primeur risks + Parkenstein

Château Lafite-Rothschild

Useful explanation of the risks involved in buying wine en primeur and possible legal remedies. Victims of 1855 may find this useful:

Grégory Vavasseur, avocat à la Cour

Mon blog:

La vente de vin en primeur et ses pièges

Publié le Monday, January 02, 2012 11:03 PM

'Imaginée par le négoce bordelais, ce système consiste à acheter des vins peu de temps après la vendange et donc au commencement de leur élaboration, qui seront livrés une à trois années plus tard, au moment de leur mise en bouteille, après règlement de la TVA.' Lire ici. http://www.gregoryvavasseur.com/blog/2012/01/02/LA-VENTE-DE-VIN-EN-PRIMEUR-ET-SES-PIEGES.aspx *** Then some humorous reading while we await with growing patience for the Parker Report, the three-part Parkenstein from Ron Washam (HoseMaster of Wine): PARKENSTEIN! (Part 1) Monkton, MD, 20 October, 20__ My Dearest Sister, And so it was that I made the acquaintance of Robert Parkenstein on my stop in Maryland. He was washed up on shore, but, then, I was later to learn that he had been washed up for a very long time, a victim of his nefarious scheme to defy Creation and play God himself. And as we were marooned in the God-forsaken shithole that is Monkton, my ship awaiting better weather, the storm blowing harder than a Michelle Bachman speech, I heard the horrifying and sad story that is Parkenstein’s. We had long hours to talk, and I came to feel sorry for him, though it was simple hubris that destroyed him. That and his mortuarial creation. I will tell his story in his words as I remember them, though his breath was most foul, smelling of hedonism and Gruner Veltliner, and it was hard to be in a small room with him as he had the figure and charm of a beanbag chair. Read the rest of Part 1 here.  Read Part the second here. Read Part the last here.