Last week Hervé, our celebrated rédacteur-en-chef, proposed that we should make five nominations for our 'Wine Hall of Fame'. As I am always keen to accede to his demands when possible, here are my five nominations: Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Comte de Chanteloup (5th June 1756 - 30th July 1832) who ensured the everlasting prosperity of the …
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1855.com – renewed investigation as new judge appointed + need for wider inquiry
A rather late news flash: Unfortunately I missed this most recent development in the long-running 1855.com saga and am indebted to my Les 5 du Vin colleague, Hervé Lalau, for bringing this report by Jérôme Baudouin in the Revue du Vin de France back in early July 2017 to my attention. On 6th June …
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1855/Héraclès is finally bust but many, many questions remain to be answered!
Last Friday's final collapse into liquidation of Héraclès/1855 is good news as Hélène Poulou, the tenacious Bordeaux lawyer who has pursued this scam for a number of years, says. Whether her nearly 400 clients will get much of the around €5 million, excluding damages, they are owed is another question. Poulou's clients paid around €1.2 …
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‘Groupe 1855 rebaptisé’ = 12 new very tough labours for Héraclès!
Internet 'wine' company 1855 is planning to change its name on 19th September at a meeting of shareholders. The 1855 moniker will be discarded and the group will henceforth be called Héraclès. Clearly the reputation 1855 and all the companies within the 1855 group have become so poisonous and lethal that a name change is …
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