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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: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Wednesday 1 July 2015

1855 (aka Heracles) under French fraud investigation


Le Parisien devotes a full page today 
to these 'crooks' – Chalon and Hyon


Le Parisien is reporting that 1855.com and fraudsters Emeric Sauty de Chalon and Fabien Hyon may finally be facing French justice with the Paris Public Prosecution looking into how Chalon and Hyon ran companies that owed 40M€, had 11,000 disappointed clients and failed to deliver a large percentage of the wines its clients ordered.  

Philippe Blanchetier, lawyer for 1855's management, 'the accusations of fraud are entirely wrong, that they were victims of the Bordeaux establishment who disapproved of 1855's approach and set out to undermine the company. Chalon and Hyon are now penniless.'

Is the English translation of 'Blanchetier' perhaps whitewash?    

Decidedly good news, although very belated, if Le Parisien is correct.

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