Author: Chelsea Snare

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…

The first update in March includes wine fraud stories from around the world, two of which show the darker side of reporting wine fraud: victims now being sued and losing court cases with insurance companies. We added new Lafite ink images as well. NEW THIS WEEK:

Southern Boundary Wines is in liquidation after charges of wine fraud came against the company. Read more about it here.

Customers that sued Premier Cru over not getting their wines, have now been sued by the bankruptcy trustee. Read more about it here.