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Spanish Wine Counterfeiting Network Dismantled

08/03/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

Four people were arrested in connection to a crime ring for creating Spanish wines as higher end wines, Pingus and Vega Sicilia. Read about how Pingus discovered it here. Read more about it here.

Californa Wine Shows Traces of Fukushima Fallout

08/03/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

California wines are showing increased levels of radiation showed in cesium-137 tests, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The wines after 2011 will show this, which could be a future indicator of authentication. Read more about it here.

Wine Australia Suspends Dalefold Wine’s Export License

08/03/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

Wine Australia suspended the export license for Daleford for a myriad of reasons, one of which that they are trying to leverage the export markets to assume they are associated (or are) Penfolds. Read more about it here.

Man Makes 21K Profit on Antique Wine bottle he Thought was Fake

07/13/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

Steve Williams bought a "fake" wine bottle, and when he posted pictures on social media, a request to look at it turned into a huge profit margin after realizing it was authentic. Read more about it here.

No Way Rose: 10M Bottles of Spanish Wine Passed off as French

07/13/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

Bottles of Spanish wine labelled as French rose to the tune of 10M in number were found to be sold by multiple producers in 2016 and 2017. Read more about it here.

NEW THIS WEEK: July 13, 2018

07/13/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

The first update in July has hundreds of new Margaux ink and print as well as bottle images- all authentic- in early vintages. We also added two new blogs covering wine fraud and Australia to meet our Authenticator Trainees in that side of the world. NEW THIS WEEK:

Tackling Fraudulent and Counterfeit Wines

07/13/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

Are your wines what you believe them to be?

Have you got the wine you paid for?

Wine Fraud and Counterfeit wines As rare and icon wines have become an increasingly valuable commodity, and highly sought after by collectors and investors worldwide, so has the greed…

The Australian Wine Auction Market & the Future for Combatting Fraud

07/13/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

By Scott Evers The Australian Wine Auction market has thrived for well over the last decade, and it continues to go from strength to strength. It provides the wine lover and collector/investor with a plethora of buying opportunities that weren’t readily available prior to the growth of the secondary market,…

NEW THIS WEEK: June 29, 2018

06/29/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

Our June update is full of hundreds of new Margaux images, with hundreds more still to come! We also have a news story about the capsules on French bottles, and how they will change going forward, and could continue to change. NEW THIS WEEK: So Long,…

Wine and Spirits One of Top Sectors Affected by Counterfeiting- EUIPO

06/29/2018 By: Chelsea Snare

Almost $3B is lost in revenue each year due to wine and spirits counterfeiting. Read more about it here.

Author: Chelsea Snare