Author: Chelsea Snare

JD.com in China has created relationships with wineries and is currently trying to reach out to more to create a better solution to their wine business. Read more about it here.

Grands Vins de Gironde was found guilty of mixing wines and trying to pass off cheaper wines as more expensive ones. Read more about it here.

This update showcases a great summary by the Wall Street Journal's Lettie Teague about our trainings we hosted for the first time on US soil in February. We also added multiple new galleries of authentic Latour ink. NEW THIS WEEK: Bordeaux Wine Firm Found Guilty of…

Former football player Christophe Robert has been accused of wine counterfeiting and faces jail time. Read more about it here.

Lettie Teague went to the San Francisco Wine Fraud and Counterfeiting Presentation and Authentication Trainings in February. She discusses her learnings from the training and wine fraud. Read more about it here.

Chinese police cracked down on fakes of all kinds before Consumer Rights Day, but one of the focuses was on fake wines and spirits. Read more about it here.

Police raided a warehouse to fine $3.7 million worth of fake Penfolds in Zhegnzou. Police estimate 3000 cases of fake wine were already sold before the raid. Read more about it here.

The scam of Raphaël Michel has amounted to about 66 million bottles of falsely labeled Côtes du Rhône wines. Police estimate the volume of this scam makes about 15% of the total output of wines in the area in recent vintages to be counterfeit. Read more about it

Almost 40% of Chinese respondents to a survey conducted by Southern Metropolis Daily said they had purchased fake alcohol with 70% of all people admitting they don't know how to tell if alcohol is authentic or not. Read more about it here.

The second update in March includes four new stories about wine fraud around the world, three of which take place in China. Fake Penfolds, Côtes du Rhône, and a general lack of knowledge all are affecting consumers around the globe. We also added new galleries of Madeira, Pingus, and ridiculous…