BUSINESS BRIEFING / WINEMAKING
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From Times Wire Reports
The man behind “Two Buck Chuck” wine will not receive a pardon from President Bush for an old grape fraud case.
Fred T. Franzia, nephew of Ernest Gallo, pleaded guilty in 1993 to conspiracy to defraud by passing off cheap grapes as more expensive zinfandel. He paid a $500,000 fine and served five years on probation.
The unsuccessful effort to clear his record included intervention by Rep. George Radanovich (R-Mariposa).
