originally posted by SFJoe:
Olivier Cousin and the AOCI haven't always loved the guy's wines, but criminal prosecution seems to be way over the top for label jokes.
Sign the petition here.
The people who really ought to go to jail are the idiots in power who think things like, say, there should be no white grapes in the Touraine other than SB.
Too late for me.originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by SFJoe:
Olivier Cousin and the AOCI haven't always loved the guy's wines, but criminal prosecution seems to be way over the top for label jokes.
Sign the petition here.
The people who really ought to go to jail are the idiots in power who think things like, say, there should be no white grapes in the Touraine other than SB.
I would guess that one should not sign the petition unless one is a winemaker, winestore worker, importer or journalist, though.
You can sign as a wine drinker but they need your address.originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by SFJoe:
Olivier Cousin and the AOCI haven't always loved the guy's wines, but criminal prosecution seems to be way over the top for label jokes.
Sign the petition here.
The people who really ought to go to jail are the idiots in power who think things like, say, there should be no white grapes in the Touraine other than SB.
I would guess that one should not sign the petition unless one is a winemaker, winestore worker, importer or journalist, though.
originally posted by Tom Glasgow:
You can sign as a wine drinker but they need your address.originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by SFJoe:
Olivier Cousin and the AOCI haven't always loved the guy's wines, but criminal prosecution seems to be way over the top for label jokes.
Sign the petition here.
The people who really ought to go to jail are the idiots in power who think things like, say, there should be no white grapes in the Touraine other than SB.
I would guess that one should not sign the petition unless one is a winemaker, winestore worker, importer or journalist, though.
originally posted by SFJoe:
My experience of petitions is that people count signatures more than they read them.
originally posted by mlawton:
I think we should all go live in (very narrow) tents in his vineyard to protest this situation.
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by SFJoe:
My experience of petitions is that people count signatures more than they read them.
Usually, probably. But, if you will forgive the pedantry, the history of the Charter in Victorian England speaks against the value of multiplying names with forgery. And since there are sure to be advocates of prosecuting Cousin, to the very extent that the petition is effective, they will surely question the status of the signatories to the extent that they can.
The best solution would be to rewrite the petition to allow it to be signed by all interested parties, but that's above my pay grade.
That's the point they want to prevent you from buying the guy's wine. As if once prevented from buying Cousin's wines you'd pick something mainstream from the AOC. You're into cryovaced stuff right?originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
This is SO fucked up. Wish there was something we could do, other than buy the guy's wines.
originally posted by Doug Padgett:
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by SFJoe:
My experience of petitions is that people count signatures more than they read them.
Usually, probably. But, if you will forgive the pedantry, the history of the Charter in Victorian England speaks against the value of multiplying names with forgery. And since there are sure to be advocates of prosecuting Cousin, to the very extent that the petition is effective, they will surely question the status of the signatories to the extent that they can.
The best solution would be to rewrite the petition to allow it to be signed by all interested parties, but that's above my pay grade.
The English version includes "consumers."