By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:19:47 +0000

Yeah, wait until you read the installment about the sale of the next grape crop that year.
The wine business circumstances in most of these writings are often for real; it’s the personal stuff that is largely made up.
The blog as a source of “de-mythology” had run its course. It seemed better to tell people how the real wine world works by telling a story instead of the unvarnished truth.

By: vinogirl

vinogirl — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:08:12 +0000

Now this installment is definitely non-fiction.
I know a grape grower who sold his crop back in 1999 to a relatively well known ‘chemist’ winemaker in these parts, and was not paid for years. Despite that he sold his grapes to him again in 04 and 05 I believe, only to be stiffed once more. He never did get paid, the chemist bankrupted one business and opened another, the $$$ amount was too big for small claims court. Out and out thievery!

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