Ocean Fathoms never obtained the proper permission to age its wine at the bottom of the ocean. Now, it's facing the consequences.

The problem — and this is a significant one — was that the company’s owners never received the proper permits from the California Coastal Commission or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which turned that “perfect environment” into an illegal one.

On top of that, the company sold the wine without a business license, without an ABC alcohol sales permit, and it was collecting taxes from each purchase without paying the required taxes to the state.

It’s amazing how much some people truly believe that the law only applies to other people.

  • Null User ObjectOP
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    1 year ago

    The byline on the article reads…

    Officials call the wine “not fit for human consumption.”

    Considering all of the other shenanigans the company was up to, I certainly wouldn’t trust them enough to put anything they made in my mouth.