False Brunello wines seized in central Italy

Published May 29, 2014 3:51pm ET



ROME (AP) — Italian police have seized about 30,000 bottles of wine falsely labeled as prized Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico and other premium wines.

Siena Carabinieri Col. Marco Grandini said investigators were alerted to the fraud by consumers who recognized the impostors as “normal table wine.”

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