New This Week – Page 25

Millennials ‘New Hope’ for Baijiu Market

04/04/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

China is hoping that millennials will help aid their drinks business, but in more interesting counterfeiting news, at the China Food & Drinks Fair, a comically poor counterfeit was brought. Read more here.

Purdue Startup Uncorks Grape Technology for Winemakers

04/04/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Purdue University faculty have created VinSense, a new technology to help winemakers understand their soil, and vineyards. This technology will allow producers to compare information weekly, monthly, and yearly to ensure that their grapes create the best wines. Read more here.

NEW THIS WEEK: March 31, 2016

03/31/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

In the last week of March, we added some new articles for your reading pleasure. First, Steve Morey writes about Champagne, and how it has evolved into a favorite around the world. We also added in the next installment of the Koch vs Greenberg case with the final parts of…

Wine Tech Upstart Drops Smart Bottle

03/30/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

With this new "Keurig-style" wine decanter, wine bottles could be opened and closed, allowing consumers to try new wines, not open an entire bottle with the assumption it must be drank at that moment, and it can allow users to know how long their wines have been opened. Read more…

NEW THIS WEEK: March 24, 2016

03/24/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

This week, WineFraud.com added more really great galleries and stories for you. First, we continue our Rudy Kurniawan trial with a new installment featuring our contributor, Michael Egan, on the stand to showcase his knowledge of wines, Rudy’s counterfeits, and how to authenticate. Next, we added in a bunch of…

Suspected Wine Fraud Prompts Investigation Overhaul

03/24/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

The Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOA) inspected a wine producer in 2013 of mixing wines and marketing them as premium wines. This has led the FOA to launch further investigations to ensure their wine reputation stays intact. Read more here.

Food Crime Raids Jump Amid Budget Cuts

03/24/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

While raids on companies for food and alcohol frauds such as wine, are raising, there is a fear that budget cuts among counties could stop these important raids. Read more here.

NEW THIS WEEK: March 17, 2016

03/17/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

In this week’s update, we continued to add to our Koch vs Greenberg trial, with Greenberg’s continued testimony about the authenticity of the wines he owned and ultimately sold to Koch. We also uploaded hundreds of counterfeit DRC bottles into galleries with the tags to ensure you know what to…

The Secret Tricks of Wine Cold Callers

03/17/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

How do you convince a stranger to take out their life savings in wine? Antonia Paget went undercover to work for Wynn XS Limited and learn all the secrets that cold callers employ to take money from unsuspecting people just answering their phones. Read more here.

NEW THIS WEEK: March 11, 2016

03/10/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

This week, WineFraud.com added a great article from contributor Michael Egan about Vandermeulen Bottlings and why they are coveted, and therefore often counterfeited. We also added in galleries of authentic Italian wines that are most counterfeited, and part eleven of the Rudy Kurniawan trial with James Grathwohl and Rudy’s tax…

Category: New This Week