Che Scandolo! Shocking Wine Scandals from Italy to California скачать в хорошем качестве

Che Scandolo! Shocking Wine Scandals from Italy to California

1. Prohibition Era in the U.S. (1919–1933): Prohibition devastated the wine industry, reducing Napa wineries from 400 to just 40. However, loopholes like sacramental wine and home wine production allowed some producers to survive—often in creative, even illegal, ways. 2. Church Wine Loophole: Notably, Beaulieu Vineyard thrived during Prohibition by supplying wine to the Catholic Church—selling four times more wine than before Prohibition. 3. Home Winemaking & Grape Bricks: Some wineries, like Beringer, sold grape bricks with "do not make wine" labels, encouraging covert home winemaking. Others created speakeasies and disguised operations as hotels. 4. 1986 Methanol Scandal in Italy: In Piedmont, producers illegally added toxic methanol to cheap wines to boost alcohol content, causing 23 deaths and over 90 severe health cases, including blindness and nerve damage. 5. Lack of Justice in Methanol Case: Few perpetrators were jailed, and victims never received compensation—exacerbated by reluctance to exhume bodies for proper investigation. 6. Aftermath: Stricter Wine Regulations in Italy: The scandal led to sweeping reforms in wine regulation, quality control, and stricter oversight—especially in Southern Italy where inspections are now frequent and unannounced. 7. Brunello Scandal (2008): In Italy, some Brunello di Montalcino producers were caught blending unauthorized grapes into wines that were legally required to be 100% Sangiovese. 8. Bulk Wine Fraud Between Spain and France: In Spain, cheap bulk wine was illegally sold into Bordeaux for blending, undermining the region’s strict production laws. The workers, not the masterminds, bore the legal brunt. 9. Rudy Kurniawan Counterfeit Case (“Sour Grapes”): Rudy, an Indonesian connoisseur-turned-fraudster, faked thousands of high-end wine bottles—mainly from Napa and Burgundy—selling them at auction for millions. He was convicted in the U.S., jailed, and later deported. 10. Industry Changes from Scandals: These scandals led to the implementation of authenticity safeguards (e.g. holograms, secret codes) and greater regulatory oversight, improving trust and quality across the global wine industry.