Category: Wine Fraud In the News

The second update of August includes new additions to our galleries of Domaine de la Romanee Conti. We have added new vintages of counterfeit examples of bottles. We also have potential fake scotch in Dublin and a Napa wine merchant that is accused of knowingly selling counterfeit wines. NEW THIS…

The first update of August includes many news stories from around the world about wine fraud, wine scams, and wine counterfeiters. We also uploaded hundreds of new authentic Henri Jayer ink and bottle images including videos covering the label with microscopic video of the ink and paper. NEW THIS WEEK:…

While many believe that wine fraud only affects high-end wines, another story about fake Gallo wines with fake labels showing up in stores. Read more about it here.

Southern Glazer has been sued for forcing clients to buy wines and spirits they didn't need and charging them for wines they didn't buy. Read more about it here.

Peter Hellman talks about the biggest name in wine counterfeiting, Rudy Kurniawan. Read more about it here and here.

Three men were arrested for running a wine investment scam. Read more about it here.

Southern Boundary Wines and three of it's directors have been accused of mislabeling wines as from one vineyard when they were blended, wrong vintage, and wrong location of wines that were exported around the world. Read more about it here.

Wine producer Raphaël Michel is remaining silent after it's manager was charged with mislabelling wine as Rhone where instead it was bulk wine. Read more about it here.

The last update of July includes two new stories from around the world including mention of the counterfeit problems in China. We also added many new images of authentic bottles, corks, and ink to our producer galleries. NEW THIS WEEK: Fraudster Jailed in Part in Wine…

China, as we have covered extensively, is faced with gobs of counterfeit wines circulating through their marketplace. Read more about it here.