9 sherry Bodegas fined 7 million
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:11 am
http://www.decanter.com/news/300818.htmlThe CNC charges that between 2001 and 2006, several of Sherry's major wineries established a cartel to control the output and price of Sherry to be exported to foreign distributors of 'buyers own brand' (BOB) in Germany, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.
Those named, in decreasing order of fines levied, are Williams & Humbert, José Estévez, Barbadillo, González Byass, Emilio Lustau, Pedro Romero, J. Ferris, and Caydsa.