Author: Chelsea Snare

Premier Cru's owner, John Fox, officially gives some closure in this on-going case. Fox plead guilty today in San Francisco and will await sentencing in December. The full story is available here.

The second August update showcases hundreds of new authentic vintages' pictures added to our ever-expanding galleries. These additional vintages to producers help fill out our collections. We also feature a story about a former wine boss making investment scams. NEW THIS WEEK: Scaffolder Faces Jail Over Fine Wine Scam:…

Premier Cru's owner, John Fox, officially gives some closure in this on-going case. Fox plead guilty today in San Francisco and will await sentencing in December. The full story is available here.

While wine fraud is nothing new, many wine producers are trying new technologies and ways to protect their brands from counterfeiters. This article covers some of those technologies and Maureen Downey weighs in as well. The full story is available here.

The month of August started off with the addition of Ink in our producer galleries. Both authentic and counterfeit examples are shown for many different producers. We also did a reorganization of some of the most counterfeited producers. Now, Rudy Kurniawan-made bottles and labels that were previously sitting in the…

Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference and Trade Exhibition presented YPB Group, a company that is using invisible tracers in ink, paper, and other materials to help identify authentic wines.  The full story is available here.

Berkeley's Premier Cru folded earlier this year, which Frances Dinkelspiel covered for us here. But how did they get so much in debt? The full story is available here.

Spain was the hardest hit country in Europe by counterfeit wine and spirits sales. This resulted in $90M in losses of wine sales. The full story is available here.

For the second half of the month, we added hundreds of examples of authentic bottles of wines for some of our biggest producers in current vintages, as well as some new producers. The news stories are very engaging as well: a wine war in Southern France, Anniversary Tour with recorkings,…

Penfolds will tour the world inviting owners of their wines to bring them in for inspection and recorking. While this practice is not very common in today's environment due to counterfeiting, Penfolds maintains that it's the easiest way to prove your wine is authentic for the future. The full story…