Category: New This Week

Happy New Year! As the Holidays have passed, we have some interesting wine fraud stories from late 2017, and early 2018. This year we look forward to uncovering more wine fraud, developing spirits fraud, as well as continuing to educate our members about how to determine if their wines are…

Paul Oster was sentenced for selling 20,000 euros worth of fake Petrus. Read more about it here.

French customs is warning consumers about 420,000 litres of fake Bordeaux labeled with Pomerol, Margaux, and Pauillac labels which have surfaced at distributors. Read more about it here.

After a man bought his favorite champagne at a store and found it tasted off, and after comparative testing decided it was a counterfeit, warnings for ensuring your wine purchases are authentic were made. Read more here.

Three people were arrested in China for producing fake spirits such as Hennessy and Chivas. Read more about it here.

Hogmanay drinkers are warned that 14,000 litres of fake alcohol including almost 2,000 bottles of wine. These drinks are said to have dangerous amounts of alcohol in them. Read more about it here.

The second update in November includes the first tranche of Henri Jayer images- all authentic of new vintages, both of bottles and ink. PRODUCER INFORMATION Henri Jayer: Authentic images of ink in new vintages. NEW THIS WEEK: November 16, 2017 In the update for the part…

In the update for the part of November, we added new images of ink examples for Dujac and Fourrier. PRODUCER INFORMATION Dujac: Authentic vintages and examples of ink and print. Fourrier: Authentic images of ink and print from new vintages. NEW THIS…

Recently, our Info@winefraud.com email inbox received the below message. The writer wished to remain anonymous, so personal details are redacted, but please note the relevant information. "My husband has previously bought c. £500 of wine from Capital Vintners. That investment sits there and is 12 bottles of Chapelle Mission 2008.…

The second update of October includes the final batch of hundreds of DRC images (for now!) and a new story about France's wine naming rules. NEW THIS WEEK: Anson: Bordeaux Enfant Terrible: A winemaker has made his wines with a clever name, but wine officials are…