Author: Chelsea Snare

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.

Louisa Mbadugha was jailed for three and a half years for creating a wine scam that took money and wines. Read more about it here.

Two wineries were told to stop labeling their wines as 'Product of Isreal' as they do not come from that appellation. Investigations as to what these wines should market themselves as, are on-going. Read more about it here.