Category: Wine Fraud In the News

A Defensible Trademark Isn’t Simple

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While putting a trademark on your brand's name sounds defensible in court, in many cases it just isn't that simple. Especially if your brand name is your name. While some large companies are spending large amounts to cut out any names relatively close to their own name, many fine wine…

NEW THIS WEEK: April 21, 2016

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In this week's update, we added many exciting things for our members to learn more about famous producers and the history of wine. In our newest In The Loupe Video, we visited Slow Burn Glass in Oakland, California to see how hand blown glass was made, and the evolution to…

NEW THIS WEEK: April 14, 2016

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In this week’s update of WineFraud.com, Part Ten of the Koch vs Greenberg Trial went up, as well as more galleries of authentic and counterfeit wines. Additionally, we also updated our Print Method article in Wine Authentication 101 with the help of Travis Pollard of Paragon Label, to cover all…

NEW THIS WEEK: April 7, 2016

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In the first week of April, we continued to add in our producer cork and capsule galleries, and put in a new installment of the Rudy Kurniawan trial. In this part of the trial, we bring C Robert Collins to the stand to discuss wine authentication, and some of the…

French Winemakers Drain Spanish Tankers

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After Spain was named the top importer of wines in France, French winemakers overtook Spanish wine tankers, and spilled the wine all over the streets of France. Many of the winemakers said this Spanish wine didn't follow European regulations for wine production. Read more here.