Bourgogne Romanee-Conti threatened by a master singer

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The Crow and the Fox

Perched on a tree sat Master Crow
While in his beak he held a cheese ;
Lured by the smell stood Master Fox below,
And hailed him in such words as these :
“ What ! Master Crow ! good day ! how be ye ?
’Pon honour I am glad to see ye !
How beautiful, how handsome ye appear !
How I should like to hear your note !
For if your warbling’s like your coat,
You are the phoenix of the forests here. ”
At this the crow could not enough rejoice,
Opened a large beak to show his pretty voice ;
Down dropt the precious prey . . .
Which Reynard seized, and ran away,
Leaving this short adieu :
“ Learn, my good fellow, that the flattering crew
Live at the cost of those they slyly please ;
I hope my lesson’s worth your cheese. ”
The Crow too late, ashamed, and full of pain

Swore they should never bilk him so again

Jean de La Fontaine

Indeed at the beginning of 2010 the famous Romanée-Conti area (production of 6000 bottles per year to less than two acres, with prices ranging from several hundred euros to 18,000 euros or more depending on the year) producing burgundy’s most quoted and most expensive in the world found itself the victim of an attempted poisoning of the vines by a master singer aimed extortion. Fortunately, this attempted scam was stopped in the bud.
The crow has sent a series of anonymous letters threatening to poison the vineyard, with its letter were in terms of area vineyards. The scammer asked for one million euros to stop his evil plan. The ransom was then to be filed in a cemetery near the area, but Aubert De Villaine, co-manager of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti would not let them tell. He then warned the police, who after a plan has halted the master singer when he tried to leave with the ransom February 22, 2010. The thief was already known to police. To increase the pressure the thug had already paid the product in two vines. One leg affected was submitted for expert examination and the other left to see its evolution, and it seems that the thug was a poker player and had a big bluff.