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Wine and Diamonds Warning as Investment Scam Risk Rises

05/26/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Another case of investment scams comes to light. In this case, targeting those over the age of 55 with promises of wine and diamond investments seem appealing for a low risk high return investment, but often end up being scams. Read more here.

NEW THIS WEEK: May 26, 2016

05/26/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

As the month of May comes to a close, WineFraud.com has news stories galore for our members. The Bagheera auction in Geneva was forced to pull wine due to questions about whether the wines were authentic and whether they came from the source claimed, a wine company is liquidating, schemes…

NEW THIS WEEK: May 19, 2016

05/19/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

WineFraud.com continued their May galleries updates this week, adding in many new vintages and producers with galleries of counterfeit wines. Especially exciting in this week's update is an article by Siobhan Turner about the AOC laws. These laws are a key part of the selling, classification, and production of French…

NEW THIS WEEK: May 12, 2016

05/12/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

This week WineFraud.com focused on counterfeit wine galleries and the continued Greenberg vs Koch trial. We continued to focus on galleries in Lafleur and Mouton Rothschild to help give you more pictures of fake wines, and what to look for when buying and selling wines. PRODUCERS Producers: Additional galleries of…

Fakes Uncovered at Wine Competition

05/06/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

At the wine competition, Concours, fakes wines were found submitted by wineries that submitted better tasting wines to achieve higher praise. Read more here.

Is BevMo! Engaging in Bait and Switch?

05/06/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Customers at BevMo! are wondering if the company is engaging in a bait and switch scam by advertising prices that appeal to consumers, but don't have the products that correlate and customers then have to buy a more expensive wine. Read more here.

NEW THIS WEEK: May 5, 2016

05/06/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

It was a big week for stories about wine fraud! From fake wines submitted at wine competitions, wine thieves found, illegal sales of wine in Canada, and potential bait and switch at a large retailer. We also added in additional galleries of authentic and counterfeit wines, including the cork and…

Warning Over Scams Involving Tax and Wine

05/03/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Another week, another article warning consumers about wine investment scams. In this article, cold-callers will offer an attractive price for wine, have the consumer transfer it to an offsite facility, and cut ties keeping the wine without payment. Read more here.

Montreal Police Seize 8,000 Bottles of Illegal Kosher-for-Passover Wine

05/03/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

On April 26, almost 8,000 bottles of illegal wine for Passover was found in Montreal. Due to laws, no private sales of alcohol can take place in Canada, but with the demand for kosher wines rising, and the supply hard to find, the opportunity for illegal sales is becoming attractive…

Two Charged in Thefts of High-End WIne

04/29/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Two men from the Bay Area have been charged in the French Laundry wine theft case. Alfred Georgis and Davis Kiryakoz were charged in a slew of thefts including very expensive wines. Read more here.

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