--FRED STROTHMAN GOT LOTS OF $$$ FROM SCOTT ROBINSON (ARGONAUT WINE-LIQUOR STORE). THAT'S MEAN!! DID HE EARN IT OR DID HE GOT IT??? ‎"Five days after I opened Scott Robinson called me and said if I didn't close the store, he would take my wine off the shelf and make sure it was sold at no other stores in Colorado." Strothman said.Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Major Markets > Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) articles > June 2001
Article: LIQUOR RETAILERS ACCUSED OF MAKING ILLEGAL-BOYCOTT THREAT `CONSPIRACY' LED TO CLOSING OF WINERY'S SHOP IN VAIL, ANTITRUST SUIT ALLEGES.(Business)
----Article from:Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Article date:June 14, 2001 Author:Accola, John CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved.
Byline: John Accola News Staff Writer

A federal antitrust lawsuit accuses a group of Colorado liquor retailers of threatening an illegal boycott that put a cork on a Western Slope winery's boutique tasting shop at a City Market in Vail.

Fred Strothman, chief executive officer of Confre Cellars Inc., said the Vail City Market wine shop closed two months after its January opening - a victim of a ``conspiracy'' campaign in which liquor store owners threatened to strip their shelves of all Colorado wines whose wineries did business with Confre.

Defendants' threats caused ``a great deal of fear and panic among Colorado wineries who depend on the retail …
---By Nancy Lofholm, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 27--GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.--Wine and liquor aren't mixing well in Colorado these days.

In a legal fight that could pinch sales potential for Colorado's wine industry, some of the state's largest liquor retailers and distributors are challenging the constitutionality of the state law that allows Colorado wineries to have tasting rooms in locations outside of wineries.

The liquor sellers claim that Colorado's limited-winery statute violates federal interstate commerce laws because it gives Colorado wineries an unfair advantage over out-of-state wineries. Under the law, Colorado …
-By Nancy Lofholm, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 15--PALISADE, Colo.--A Colorado winemaker has sued nearly 60 liquor sellers, distributors and trade organizations, claiming they bullied him out of selling wine in a grocery-store setting -- a venture that is legal but broke a longtime liquor-industry taboo in Colorado.

Fred Strothman, chief executive officer of Confre Cellars Inc., which operates the Rocky Mountain Meadery and St. Kathryn Cellars in Palisade, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Denver on Monday claiming he was forced to close a wine-tasting and sales location at a Vail City Market store after he received threats of …
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---The Colorado Licensed Beverage Association is named in the suit, as is Colorado Liquor Retailers Inc., in addition to 15 liquor stores and four wineries.See More
--FRED STROTHMAN'S SON JAMES STROTHMAN GOT $$$6 MILLION WITH IMMIGRATION SCAM. HE HAS FEDERAL CHARGES.
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Feds indict Colorado couple
A Colorado couple have been indicted on federal charges of illegally bringing Chinese nationals to the United States. -- James and Sharon Strothman are accused of collecting nearly $6 million from Chinese families to facilitate the illegal entries from 1996 to 2000.See More
--JAMES STROTHMAN'S WIFE JUN STROTHMAN CHEATED ON HIM WITH YOUNG, HANDSOME MICHAEL CLEGGThe Argonaut Wine and Liquor Store ‎: a.k.a.SHARON STROTHMAN (JUN CHEN) IS "#1 COUGAR" IN GJ. COUGAR LEFT HER 2 DAUGHTERS (JESSICA STROTHMAN, JENNIFER STROTHMAN ) AND JIM STROTHMAN FOR YOUNG, HANDSOME MICHAEL CLEGG. COUGAR GOT PREGNANT FROM MICHAEL TO HER 3 DAUGHTER ATHENA CLEGG DURING MARRIAGE WITH JIM. COUGAR 20 YEARS OLDER THAN MICHAEL. COUGAR REDUCED HER AGE 5 YEARS IN CHINA. COUGAR CONVICTED FELONY!!!