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Guilty Plea for Modesto Man Involved in French Laundry Wine Theft

12/21/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

One of the men indicted for the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bottles stolen in the French Laundry restaurant wine heist has pleaded guilty. Read more about it here.

NEW THIS WEEK: December 15, 2016

12/14/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

In the first weeks of December, we rounded out a lot of new pictures in our galleries. Some of our favorite producers have new galleries and vintages of both counterfeit and authentic bottles and inks. There are also some fantastic shots of the capsules. We also added three new wine…

Vandals Destroy 400,000 Bottles of Italian Sparkling Wine in Historic Estate “Sabotage”

12/12/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

An Italian winery woke to find 400,000 bottles worth of wine drained from the stainless steel tanks on their property. No suspects have been found, and no other damage to the property was made. Read more about it here.

Wine Detective on a Mission to Track Down Counterfeits

12/12/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Phillip Moulin discusses authentic wines and how he keeps Berry Brothers & Rudd on top of protecting themselves from counterfeiters. Read more about it here.

London Presentation and Training

12/09/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

On November 30th and December 2nd, Maureen Downey, Siobhan Turner, and Sheri Morano hosted our first ever Wine Authentication Presentation and Training Level I in London at 67PallMall. BB&R's Phillip Moulin, the first person trained in our extensive program, was also on hand to help with the training. With attendees…

Auchan Italy Recalls Counterfeit Amarone

12/05/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Amarone wines in Italy were just recalled due to counterfeiting after Black Friday sales. Read more about it here.

NEW THIS WEEK: December 1, 2016

12/01/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

The end of November was a very busy time for WineFraud.com! We hosted the launch of the Chai Wine Vault powered by Everledger and hosted our Presentation and Training Level I in London. The events have been huge successes and we are so happy to see the industry welcome the…

Multi-Million Yuan Fake Alcohol Ring Buster in China

12/01/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

A ring of spirits counterfeiters were arrested in China after a month long investgation. Ten people were arrested for refilling bottles of spirits, up to about $3M worth of counterfeit drinks. Read more about it here.

Premier Cru Scandal: Berkley Wine Store to be Auctioned

12/01/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Bottles of wine, OWCs and more will be auctioned off on Saturday for the open public from the Premier Cru offices. Read more about it here.

TWE Files Complaint to TMall over Fake Penfolds

11/18/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

TWE, the parent of Penfolds has filed a complaint about fake wines being sold in the marketplace such as Alibaba. In an effort to keep only authentic wines able to be sold, the company is trying to reduce the fakes with companies that do not do authentications. Read more about…

Author: Chelsea Snare