Category: Wine Fraud In the News

Australian wine producers can now get the help they need to authenticate their wines using chemical analysis. This research came on the heels of skeptical wine buyers in China wondering what wine is real or not. The full story is available here.

A French vigilante group set to protect local produce from foreigners in Southern France has caused an upheaval of emotions over recent events. The group wants their produce to be protected more heavily by the government after Spanish wine was shown and sold as French. The full story is available…

Counterfeit wines and spirits have resulting in millions of dollars of losses for both the EU and the UK. Because of these lost sales, jobs have been cut, and the small to medium sized businesses are hit the hardest. The full story is available here.

A French wine grower has been charged of selling Spanish wine as table wine of France. The grower was selling the lesser quality wine while getting higher prices from the claim of it's origin. The full story is available here.

The Chinese Government has officially recognized 45 French wines to aid French wine producers in defending their wines in court. This is a result of an acknowledgment that there are more counterfeit wines than authentic in China. The full story is available here.

Bottega and Santero will be heading to court December 19 to solve their case. In this case, Bottega is claiming that Santero created a "blatant" copy of one of their wines. The full story is available here.

In the first two weeks of July we continued adding in micro images of Ink, as well as authentic bottles of wine. There are still thousands more that will continue to come over the next few weeks. Also added, was an article about Michael Egan's key notes about wine authentication…

More than $5 million worth of wine has gone missing from Wine Investment Services. While some doubt the wine ever existed, police are looking for anyone who has been offered "can't miss" deals on fine and rare wine that may know anything about what happened to this inventory. The full…

To close out June, we've added some really interesting articles, images, charts, and reorganized our Rudy K section. First, Frances Dinkelspiel gives us a closing article about Premier Cru and the settlement reached in the case. In our Rudy Kurniawan section, we've reorganized all the evidence by producer. Now you…