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 14 February 2012

Pancho Campo MW: update on investigations and legal actions

Daniel Li (CavesMaître, France + Chinese Castel), Robert Parker and Pancho Campo MW@WineFutureHK

Robert Parker's investigation
On 19th January 2012 Stephen A. Miller of Cozen O'Connor, who are conducting the investigation for Parker, contacted Harold Heckle and myself requesting copies of any documents we thought might be relevant to their investigation. The request arrived just before my departure for Millésime Bio in Montpellier. On my return we supplied Miller with copies of the emails regarding the visits to Vinos de Madrid, Murcia and Valencia along with copies of the post event documents: namely the 'Asevin' contract and the Presidential DO Vinos de Madrid paper. 

IMW investigation
Neither of us have been contacted by the MWs charged to formally investigate the conduct of Pancho Campo MW and his organisation of tastings in Spain for the Wine Advocate.

Threatened legal action by Pancho Campo MW
In a news item on decanter.com entitled Jay Miller was 'about to retire' anyway, say colleagues published on 8th December 2011 Campo is quoted: ‘Campo said Miller’s resignation was ‘unfortunate timing’ but that he would continue his legal action against Jim Budd.’  
Since I started reporting in early September 2009 on Pancho Campo MW I have yet to receive any legal communication from either Campo or his lawyers. It is, of course, possible that the smooth functioning of the Royal Mail remains disrupted by the peak demand of last Christmas.  

2 comments:

Hervé LALAU said...

Maybe the IMW does not have the mail address or phone number of 'This Blogger". You've become anonymous pour the Big Bugs, Jim...

Jim's Loire said...

Hervé. This may well be. Also Robert Parker alleges that I'm 'reluctant to talk'.