Italian top wine Brunello do Motalcino banned by US ATTB
America is to ban all imports of one of the world’s greatest wines after producers in Italy failed to prove it is not being “watered down”.
Brunello di Montalcino, which is made by just a handful of producers around the town of Montalcino in Tuscany and sells for up to £400 a bottle, can only be made with Sangiovese grapes under strict rules governing its production.
However, Italian police opened an investigation into the wine last month when some of the region’s top producers were accused of adulterating their product with grapes grown elsewhere. As part of the investigation, one million bottles of Brunello have been seized by investigators.
The US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (ATTB) has now stated that from June 9 it will impound all bottles of Brunello which are unaccompanied by a laboratory certificate showing they are 100 per cent Sangiovese….
Source and full article: telegraph.co.uk/
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