Category: Wine Fraud In the News

Two Suspects Arrested in Ho Chi Minh City

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Two men in Ho Chi Minh City were arrested January 27, on suspicion of wine counterfeiting. Tran Van Loc and Pham Thanh Phong were found with many bottles of wine, and equipment to refill and make bottles. Authorities put the two men in custody, after Phong admitted to buying empty…

Gil Lempert-Schwarz Drops Suit Against Maureen Downey

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We are pleased to note that Gil Lempert-Schwarz has now dropped his lawsuit against Maureen Downey and Chai Consulting, LLC.  This unfounded claim arose from Ms Downey’s continued quest, online and in person, to expose those who knowingly sell counterfeit wine, defraud consumers, and those who facilitate such sales.  Whilst…

NEW THIS WEEK: January 21, 2016

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…