Category: New This Week
VineSource Helps Protect Against Counterfeiters
A new Canadian technology company has targeted wine and spirits counterfeiters, using their own software and hardware to create an NFC solution to wine authenticating. Read more here.
NEW THIS WEEK: June 16, 2016
In this update for WineFraud.com, we have uploaded a ton of great information. First, I want to remind all members that we are moving to bi-monthly updates going forward. This will help ensure that our updates include more information, and better "big picture" views at the projects we are working…
From Blood to Wine
Students at the Institut d’Optique Graduate School have figured out a way to use technology to test blood to verify and look at wines. Read more here.
Can Science Build a Fake Wine
A new company, Replica Wines claims to use chemistry to build wines that are 90% similar to more expensive wines, but for a fraction of the cost. Read more here.
How to Avoid Fake Wines at Auction
Jeannie Cho Lee and Forbes talk about the appearance of fake wines popping up at auctions and dinners that accompany them, and a new trend in auctions where the wine comes directly from the producer- so questions of provenance are not an issue. Read more here.
How to Invest in Wine
David Sokolin discusses wine investments and wine fraud in this US News & World Report article. Read more here.
Vintners Act to Block Counterfeiters
Canadian ice wine vintners are looking into ways to protect their wine from counterfeiters as they increasingly show up in China. Read more here.
NEW THIS WEEK: June 2, 2016
The beginning of June is the beginning of some really exciting updates for WineFraud.com. This week, we added in more galleries of Ink & Print authentic producers (with MANY more to come in the upcoming weeks), the next installment of the Greenberg vs Koch trial with Mr. Koch still on…
Bordeaux Wine Names Get Legal Cover in China
In a huge win for Bordeaux wine producers, China has agreed to provide legal cover to 50 geographic areas in Bordeaux. This awards them the ability to keep counterfeiters from using their world renown names on fake labels. Read more here.