August 21, 2017 @ 1:23 am
Big Rick Hardly Strictly Wine Blog
A report from the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI)—a public service department that oversees and regulates imports and exports—states that the trio labeled wines with incorrect vintages, origins and grape varieties. They are also accused of labeling wines as single-vineyard bottlings when they were in fact blends. They are also charged with tampering with and destroying winemaking records. The three were charged in February, but court documents on the case were only recently made public.
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Waipara Springs wines are available in the U.S., but the specific wines under investigation were not sold here.