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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'

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

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Thursday 19 January 2012

When the fraud squad raided Verget: compare and contrast with 1855

Maine et Jean-Marie Guffens-Heynen

The film of the persecution of Jean-Marie Guffens by the French Douane and the Répression des Fraudes (1855 exclus) now has English sub-titles. Click here See earlier report on Jim's Loire about this extraordinary affair here.

6 comments:

Bon Vivant said...

They'd better spend time on the 1855 file !

Jim's Loire said...
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Jim's Loire said...

Nicolas. An excellent idea but remember their name: Répression des Fraudes (1855 exclus)...

Jim's Loire said...

If La Répression des Fraudes does include 1855 why have they not investigated this company's regular practice of chargiing TVA on wines that they claim are about to be delivered but then are not delivered. La Répression should be checking how 1855 can charge TVA on goods they appear not to have bought.

Jan-Tore Egge said...

Did they wreck the whole 2010 vintage for them? Was any kind of compensation given?

Jim's Loire said...

Good question JT. I don't know but I suspect not.