Author: Chelsea Snare

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.

The first update in February includes many new images for our galleries- of both Roumier and Rousseau. We have authentic inks and bottles added. In addition, if you buy wine in Taiwan, keep an eye out for the wine company Wei Li Wines who manufactured tens of thousands of bottles…

A company in Taiwan was found to be bottling fake wines and labeling as fine Argentine wines. They had 160,000 litres of unfinished "wines" and 18,000 finished bottles of wine. Read more about it here.

The second update in January finds us with many new stories of different types of wine fraud from around the world including counterfeit wines in Asia, wine theft, and fraudulent attempts at buying in the US. We also added in new images to our galleries of authentic Hudelot Noellot wines…

Nicolas DeMeyer, a former domestic employee of David Solomon, who received wine shipments and transferred them to Solomon's cellar, was arrested for stealing $1.2 Million in his wine including DRC. Read more about it here.

Police in Walla Walla Washington are investigating local wineries who were contacted by suspects asking to purchase large volumes of wine with fake checks. Read more about it here.

Ukraine had a batch of wines removed from sales for illegally imitating Georgian wines, and their symbols. Read more about it here.