Author: Chelsea Snare

Two Suspects Arrested in Ho Chi Minh City

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Two men in Ho Chi Minh City were arrested January 27, on suspicion of wine counterfeiting. Tran Van Loc and Pham Thanh Phong were found with many bottles of wine, and equipment to refill and make bottles. Authorities put the two men in custody, after Phong admitted to buying empty…

Bordeaux Winemaker Found Guilty of Fraud

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Multiple news sources have covered a wine fraud of a different sort this week. Loïc Pasquet, winemaker of Liber Pater in Bordeaux, was found guilty of fraud of almost 600,000 euros given to him in aids and grants from the EU. Pasquet was accused of doing false promotional work and…

Stolen Côte Rotie Wine Found in Hidden Cellar

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According to Decanter.com, a small wine producer in Rhone has recovered about a quarter of the wines stolen from a December 2014 wine heist. Domaine Garon had 1,800 bottles of wine stolen over a year ago which would represent about ten percent of their total production.  The wines stolen were…

Gil Lempert-Schwarz Drops Suit Against Maureen Downey

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We are pleased to note that Gil Lempert-Schwarz has now dropped his lawsuit against Maureen Downey and Chai Consulting, LLC.  This unfounded claim arose from Ms Downey’s continued quest, online and in person, to expose those who knowingly sell counterfeit wine, defraud consumers, and those who facilitate such sales.  Whilst…

NEW THIS WEEK: January 21, 2016

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In this week’s update, we added some really exciting new content! For the newest In The Loupe® segment, Travis Pollard of Paragon Label shows us all about labels in an incredibly interesting look at how labels can thwart counterfeiters. We also added the next installments for the Rudy Kurniwan trial…

NEW THIS WEEK: January 14, 2016

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This week we added in two new blog posts from our contributors, one highlighting the Rudy Kurniawan appeal, and the other discussing Premier Cru. Both large wine frauds, from different sides of the story. We also continued to add in more Rudy Kurniwan evidence, focusing on Le Pin, and galleries…

NEW THIS WEEK: January 7, 2016

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Happy New Year from WineFraud.com! The first week of 2016, we continued with some of our previous articles and galleries. We continue to build on the Burgundy Gallery of Authentics, added Part 7 of the Rudy Kurniawan trial, and Part 5 of the Greenberg vs Koch trial. We look forward…

NEW THIS WEEK: December 24, 2015

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Happy Holidays from WineFraud.com! The last week of 2015, we added many new image galleries! With a strong focus on Rudy Kurniawan-made wine, we featured Cheval Blanc and Haut Brion. Also, keep looking at our Gallery of Authentics for the addition of DRC, de Vogüé, and Dujac, as well as…

NEW THIS WEEK: December 17, 2015

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This week’s updates included adding in new producers to counterfeits, Rudy Kurniawan galleries, and the Gallery of Authentics. In addition, the sixth installment of the Rudy Kurniawan Trial and the fourth installment of the Greenberg vs Koch case were added. GALLERY OF AUTHENTICS Authentics: More Burgundy producers and their vintages…