Duping the Wine Spectator

The Wine Spectator  was recently scammed into awarding its Award of Excellence to a non-existent restaurant, invented by a blogger for the express purpose of garnering the award and giving the magazine a black eye.

Nothing like this has happened in my years at The Star, but well -- when you read about the lengths this person went to, you'll have to form your own opinion.  You must read Wine Spectator Executive Editor Thomas Matthews' explanation for the full story.