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Word: schweinerei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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Last week Vintner Korn was in jail in Wiesbaden awaiting trial. If convicted of fraud, he faces up to ten years at hard labor. To German winegrowers, the law-if anything-is too lenient. At their annual convention at Wiirzburg, they denounced Korn's alchemy as "Schweinerei" (swinishness), demanded harsher penalties against "gottverdammte Weinpanscher und Weinfaelscher" (wine waterers and wine phoniers). They fret that if Korn's secret is revealed in detail at the trial, the publicity may encourage others to follow his example. Said a Bonn barkeep: "If it's that easy to make good Niersteiner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Wine to Remember | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

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