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The police cracked the extraordinarily large Bordeaux fake liquor case
Singapore recycles toilet water to brew beer
Sino-Portuguese shares: in the future, alcohol-free wines will be developed
Andy Lau said that he did not endorse Zheng Liquor
Renhuaiyi liquor company was fined for privately adding Chinese medicinal materials to produce and prepare liquor
This year, Chongqing cracked 33 cases of fake liquor, involving an amount of 180 million yuan
Hakuba acquires neighboring Château Latourfydro
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The police cracked the extraordinarily large Bordeaux fake liquor case
Last week, French police cracked a major counterfeit wine case involving 100,000 bottles and arrested 20 people, including wine distributors and Médoc winery owners.
The investigation began in 2021, after the Bordeaux police found a large number of items related to fake liquor (fake liquor labels, etc.), and soon after the Loire region discovered fake Bordeaux liquor.
It was investigated that it was a large-scale, organized fraud in which the main culprit owned a vineyard in Medoc and was also a vintner who had teamed up with the Spaniards to print fake trademarks, buy cheap wines and pass them off as Bordeaux wines, and to avoid being investigated, they bottled them at night and shipped them on weekends.
The suspects also set up a network of dealers of companies, retirees and self-employed individuals, selling a large number of fake Bordeaux wines to various parts of France and even abroad, and the proceeds of the sale of fake wines were used to squander and decorate the wineries. （WINESEARCHER）
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Singapore recycles toilet water to brew beer
Recently, Singapore launched a "special" beer – brewed from recycled toilet water.
According to Bloomberg on June 30, the World Wildlife Fund announced that about 2.7 billion people face water problems for at least one month each year. The shortage of freshwater resources has led many countries to think of "turning waste into treasure" of sewage, and many countries with developed economies but shortages of freshwater resources have applied this technology to practice. Singapore's recently launched NEWBrew brand beer is made from sewage recycled from flush toilets. Singapore Water works with local brewers to first disinfect sewage using ultraviolet light and then filter out harmful impurities using state-of-the-art filter membranes.
The brewery's chief brewer said that as long as it is strictly treated, no matter what the source of water, it can be turned into drinking water. Some consumers, after tasting NEWBrew, believe that the beer has a refreshing and soft taste and is very suitable for drinking in a hot area like Singapore, but some consumers are still resistant. The first NEWBrew beers currently on the market are so popular that there are very few left. It is reported that Sweden, Canada and other countries have also launched beer brewed with sewage. (Global Times Comprehensive Report)
Sino-Portuguese shares: in the future, alcohol-free wines will be developed
On July 1, Sino-Portuguese shares said on the investor interactive platform whether there are juice beverage products that the company currently does not produce fruit juice beverage products In addition to wine products, the company has launched a fruity brandy blended with fruit juice and will also develop alcohol-free wines in the future.
Andy Lau issued a letter of infringement declaration saying that it did not endorse Zheng Liquor
On June 30, Andy Lau's official fan platform "Huazai Tiandi" issued a statement of infringement to clarify the false advertisements and messages in the market about Andy Lau's endorsement of "Zheng Liquor".
The statement letter said that Andy Lau has never and has no plans to endorse guizhou Tiandiren liquor and other related products and services such as Zheng Jiushi Liquor of Guizhou Tiandiren Liquor Co., Ltd., and has not authorized any company or individual to use Andy Lau's own portrait and name on Zheng Liquor and other related products. The statement letter also said that the above-mentioned infringement of Andy Lau's portrait rights, name rights, reputation rights, intellectual property rights and other civil rights and interests will be investigated and the right to legal prosecution will be reserved.
According to the data of Tianyancha APP, Guizhou Tiandiren and Liquor Industry is a large-scale liquor group that uses Internet thinking and integrates production, supply and marketing, covering an area of more than 300 acres, with various vintages of base wine, seasoning old wine of tens of thousands of tons, and its subsidiaries are Lai Jinchu Brewing Co., Ltd. of Maotai Town, Renhuai City, Guizhou Province, and Guizhou Zuiqing Liquor Industry Co., Ltd. Its brands include Zheng Wine Division, Drunken Qing and so on. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)
Renhuaiyi liquor company was fined for privately adding Chinese medicinal materials to produce and prepare liquor
Recently, the Renhuai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau received a report from the national 12315 platform, reporting that the prepared wine produced by an enterprise in the jurisdiction was suspected of illegally adding illegal acts. After investigation, a certain liquor production enterprise in Moutai Town violated the provisions of Article 38 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and was fined 100,100 yuan.
According to the clues of the case, the Renhuai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau immediately filed a case investigation into a certain liquor production enterprise suspected of violating the law.
After investigation, the enterprise soaked "cistanche, astragalus and ginseng" as ingredients and sauce wine in September 2021, and packaged 25 finished products for sale in Taobao online stores in October 2021, violating Article 38 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China that "drugs shall not be added to the food produced and traded, but substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition can be added." And the state did not include Guizhou Province in the "cistanche, astragalus, dang ginseng", which are three pilot provinces for the management of substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials, and the enterprise has violated the relevant regulations by adding Chinese medicinal materials to produce and prepare wine without being approved for the pilot, so the above penalties have been imposed, and the case has now been closed. (Xiaoxiang Morning Post)
This year, Chongqing cracked 33 cases of fake liquor, involving an amount of 180 million yuan
According to Chongqing Daily on June 29, from the Municipal Government Information Office held a press conference on the city's food safety work, since the beginning of this year, the municipal public security organs have cracked 33 cases of fake alcohol, arrested 134 criminal suspects, and the total amount involved is more than 180 million yuan. Among them, the Wulong District Public Security Bureau cracked the extraordinarily large case of chen mou and others manufacturing and selling high-end "special supply" fake liquor, and won the commendation order of the Ministry of Public Security; The Qianjiang District Public Security Bureau detected the exceptionally large case of Wei Mou and others manufacturing and selling fake liquor with "fully automatic production + live streaming diversion with goods", and was commended by the Ministry of Public Security. (Interface News)
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Hakuba acquires neighboring Château Latourfydro
Château Cheval Blanc, one of saint-Emilion's four "Tier A wineries", acquired château La Tour du Pin Figeac, a 11-hectare (27-acre) neighbour.
According to Les Echos, "Part of the 11 hectares of land will be used to produce white wine, while a small part will continue to be reserved for the production of red wine." ”
Pierre-Olivier Clouet, technical director at Cheval Blanc, told French wine news website Terre de Vins: "We know about the neighboring terroir, but we still want to take the time to study it in detail to understand its diversity and potential. We plan to produce white wine there. ”
In 1998, Bernard Arnault, CEO of the well-known luxury group LVMH, and Baron Albert Frére, the richest man in Belgium, acquired a stake in Hacienda Hacienda for €155 million and became shareholders of hacienda. Last year, Château Le Hakuba withdrew from the 2022 Saint-Emilion classification. （WINESEARCHER）