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Counterfeiting and the relabelling of inferior and cheaper wines to more expensive brands is another common type of wine fraud. [1] A third category of wine fraud relates to the investment wine industry. An example of this is when wines are offered to investors at excessively high prices by a company, who then go into planned liquidation.
Kurniawan began buying and selling large amounts of rare wines in the early part of the 2000s, [8] spending as much as $1 million a month buying auction lots by 2006. [6] [9] At the same time, he began hosting tastings of rare wines with other collectors; he showed so much affinity for the ultraluxury Burgundy producer, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, at these events that he became known as "Dr ...
Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark". Particular scams are mainly directed toward elderly people, as they may be gullible and sometimes inexperienced or insecure, especially when the scam involves modern technology such as computers and ...
The president commuted more than 1,500 sentences, setting a record for the most executed by a president in a single day.
Spanish aging designation. For red wines this means that a wine has been aged for at least 3 years following harvest with at least 12 months in oak. For Spanish white wines, the designation means that the wine has been aged for at least 18 months with at least 6 of those months in oak. Reserve/Riserva/Reserva
The wine list for a wine tasting at the Robert Mondavi Winery. A wine list is typically organized into sections. A restaurant offering few selections may organize its list in two groups (red wine and white wine) whereas a larger wine list may have several sections, including any of the following: White wines; Red wines; Rosé wines; Dessert wines
The unfermented sugar left over in the wine after fermentation. All wines, including those labeled as "dry wines" contain some residual sugars due to the presence of unfermentable sugars in the grape must such as pentoses. Reverse osmosis/RO A process used to remove excess water or alcohol from wine. Riddling
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York Attorney General Letitia James has recovered $50 million from the cryptocurrency platform Gemini Trust to repay investors defrauded in its Gemini Earn program, she ...