NEW THIS WEEK: January 21, 2016


In this week’s update, we added some really exciting new content! For the newest In The Loupe® segment, Travis Pollard of Paragon Label shows us all about labels in an incredibly interesting look at how labels can thwart counterfeiters. We also added the next installments for the Rudy Kurniwan trial…

NEW THIS WEEK: January 14, 2016


This week we added in two new blog posts from our contributors, one highlighting the Rudy Kurniawan appeal, and the other discussing Premier Cru. Both large wine frauds, from different sides of the story. We also continued to add in more Rudy Kurniwan evidence, focusing on Le Pin, and galleries…

California’s Premier Cru Bust by at Least $70 Million


Facing mounting debts and a rapidly rising number of legal complaints against the company, Premier Cru filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Friday January 8th 2016 at 1.23pm. The petition was filed at the Oakland Division of the Bankruptcy Court of Northern California by John Fox and Hector Ortega, Premier…

NEW THIS WEEK: January 7, 2016


Happy New Year from WineFraud.com! The first week of 2016, we continued with some of our previous articles and galleries. We continue to build on the Burgundy Gallery of Authentics, added Part 7 of the Rudy Kurniawan trial, and Part 5 of the Greenberg vs Koch trial. We look forward…

NEW THIS WEEK: December 24, 2015


Happy Holidays from WineFraud.com! The last week of 2015, we added many new image galleries! With a strong focus on Rudy Kurniawan-made wine, we featured Cheval Blanc and Haut Brion. Also, keep looking at our Gallery of Authentics for the addition of DRC, de Vogüé, and Dujac, as well as…

NEW THIS WEEK: December 17, 2015


This week’s updates included adding in new producers to counterfeits, Rudy Kurniawan galleries, and the Gallery of Authentics. In addition, the sixth installment of the Rudy Kurniawan Trial and the fourth installment of the Greenberg vs Koch case were added. GALLERY OF AUTHENTICS Authentics: More Burgundy producers and their vintages…

NEW THIS WEEK: December 10, 2015


This week we have some great new galleries, and resources for our members. On the article side of the site, Maureen Downey shares her Tools of the Trade, and gives great insight into Unicorns. We focused on two new producers- Henri Jayer and Mouton Rothschild, adding to our Rudy Kuriawan…

NEW THIS WEEK: December 3, 2015


In the first week of December, we added new parts to both of the counterfeit wine court cases we are building, and pictures to many of our galleries. For our court cases, the third installment in Greenberg vs Koch and the fifth in Rudy Kurniawan’s Trial were added. In Gallery…