Category: New This Week

Steve Williams bought a "fake" wine bottle, and when he posted pictures on social media, a request to look at it turned into a huge profit margin after realizing it was authentic. Read more about it here.

Bottles of Spanish wine labelled as French rose to the tune of 10M in number were found to be sold by multiple producers in 2016 and 2017. Read more about it here.

The first update in July has hundreds of new Margaux ink and print as well as bottle images- all authentic- in early vintages. We also added two new blogs covering wine fraud and Australia to meet our Authenticator Trainees in that side of the world. NEW THIS WEEK:

Our June update is full of hundreds of new Margaux images, with hundreds more still to come! We also have a news story about the capsules on French bottles, and how they will change going forward, and could continue to change. NEW THIS WEEK: So Long,…

Almost $3B is lost in revenue each year due to wine and spirits counterfeiting. Read more about it here.

The image of Marianne is no longer required to be placed on French wine capsules. Read more about it here.

The final update of May includes three new stories from around the world about different types of wine fraud, as well as new vintages of Margaux ink and bottles. NEW THIS WEEK: China's JD.com Steps up Wine Import Business: JD.com has decided to create stronger and…

Syndicat Général des Vignerons Réunis des Côtes du Rhône was hit with a fine for handing down minimum pricing from 2010 to 2017. Read more about it here.

Manuel Busto Sr was arrested in a scam that caused $4.3M of bottle returns from Oak Beverages. Read more about it here.

JD.com in China has created relationships with wineries and is currently trying to reach out to more to create a better solution to their wine business. Read more about it here.