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Sour Grapes

Number 22474
Subject Alcohol
Source Dallas Observer
State TX
Year 2005
Publication Date 11/10 - 11/16/05
Summary This story exposes a Dallas wine retailer who uses false health and wine information to lure novice wine enthusiasts into buying large quantities of close-out and spoiled wines at highly inflated prices. False health information used to sell these wines may violate Texas law, which states that advertising for such products may not be false or misleading.
Category Computer-Assisted Reporting
Pages 8
Keywords alcohol;alcoholic beverages;wine retailers;false advertising
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