Author: Chelsea Snare

Police in China arrested 13 people in connection with selling counterfeit bottles of Penfolds on Alibaba's Taobao. Read more about it here.

Alibaba shut down several hundred thousand shops for selling fake goods including wines. This comes after scrutiny from luxury brands that found counterfeits sold on their site. Read more about it here.

Happy New Year! As the Holidays have passed, we have some interesting wine fraud stories from late 2017, and early 2018. This year we look forward to uncovering more wine fraud, developing spirits fraud, as well as continuing to educate our members about how to determine if their wines are…

Paul Oster was sentenced for selling 20,000 euros worth of fake Petrus. Read more about it here.

French customs is warning consumers about 420,000 litres of fake Bordeaux labeled with Pomerol, Margaux, and Pauillac labels which have surfaced at distributors. Read more about it here.

After a man bought his favorite champagne at a store and found it tasted off, and after comparative testing decided it was a counterfeit, warnings for ensuring your wine purchases are authentic were made. Read more here.

Three people were arrested in China for producing fake spirits such as Hennessy and Chivas. Read more about it here.

Hogmanay drinkers are warned that 14,000 litres of fake alcohol including almost 2,000 bottles of wine. These drinks are said to have dangerous amounts of alcohol in them. Read more about it here.

The second update in November includes the first tranche of Henri Jayer images- all authentic of new vintages, both of bottles and ink. PRODUCER INFORMATION Henri Jayer: Authentic images of ink in new vintages. NEW THIS WEEK: November 16, 2017 In the update for the part…

In the update for the part of November, we added new images of ink examples for Dujac and Fourrier. PRODUCER INFORMATION Dujac: Authentic vintages and examples of ink and print. Fourrier: Authentic images of ink and print from new vintages. NEW THIS…