Comments on: Chinese wine smuggler sentenced to life in prison http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/ wine talk that goes down easy Fri, 24 May 2013 12:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: CA Wine of the Month Club http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-379343 CA Wine of the Month Club Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:07:19 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-379343 Finally a place with stupider wine laws than Maryland! I hope they don’t get any ideas here.

]]> By: Terroirist » Daily Wine News: Bordeaux Cools http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-373430 Terroirist » Daily Wine News: Bordeaux Cools Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:20:58 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-373430 [...] From Dr. Vino: "Sun Xitai, a 62-year-old businessman in China has been sentenced to life in prison… [for] bringing about $7 million worth of wine from Hong Kong to mainland China and failing to pay sufficient duty.” [...]

]]> By: This Vine Life http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-372404 This Vine Life Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:38:12 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-372404 China believes its ok to counterfeit and steal US property rights and movies but not ok for a person to import wine. So there solution is to let hackers go free and to sentence a wine importer to life imprison. Just from an economic stand point, the wine importer was paying some taxes, the hackers pay none. I think I would cut a deal with the wine importer and put away the hackers or make them pay some sort of tax.

]]> By: Winepine http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-371440 Winepine Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:28:33 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-371440 Wow. Stiff sentence. It’s sort of ironic that he’s not going to prison for the actual counterfeiting, he’s going to prison for not giving the Chinese government their cut!

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-371401 Dr. Vino Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:20:11 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-371401 Jack, Yes, a lot of time for the crime of Bordeaux. If it were Burgundy, however..

Quizicat – funny!

Lisa – Somehow I doubt that Mr. Sun will become a cause celebre for excessive punishment.

Kris – Yes, if the authorities are cracking down on tax evasion, perhaps counterfeiting be next? The LA Times had a story about the extent of counterfeiting in China the other day:

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/14/business/la-fi-china-counterfeit-wine-20120115

]]> By: Andrea http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-371399 Andrea Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:00:13 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-371399 One word: insane.

]]> By: Kris Chislett http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-371392 Kris Chislett Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:20:28 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-371392 Wow! They don’t mess about over there, do they!?!?
I’ve been making and bottling my own counterfeit “Screaming Eagle” in my bathtub, and selling it without paying taxes. I guess all good things must come to an end…

]]> By: Lisa Cline http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-371369 Lisa Cline Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:31:48 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-371369 Sad that a man trying to bring a little liquid joy to China will spend the rest of his life in prison for not giving China their “cut”. Sounds like Cosa Nostra. I hope an international outcry will aide his cause. Doubtful, but I’d like to hope.

]]> By: Quizicat http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-371297 Quizicat Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:51:42 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-371297 Finally a place with stupider wine laws than Maryland! I hope they don’t get any ideas here.
Puritanism and crony capitalism. It’s a constant struggle.

]]> By: Jack Bulkin http://www.drvino.com/2012/01/13/chinese-wine-smuggler-prison/#comment-371294 Jack Bulkin Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:36:28 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10322#comment-371294 Bordeaux is not worth an afternoon in a patrol car let alone life in prison.
Geez, that’s a tough sentence. What a way to give away the remainder of one’s life.

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