Category: Wine Fraud In the News

The second update in April contains some great new content! While China's wine reputation typically involves imported wines and a market filled with counterfeits, we cover the winemaking experience in Ningxia. Next, we have some great side by side comparisons of authentic and counterfeit Tignanello. Finally, we added some great…

Customs in China confiscated 10,000 bottles of wine, including Portuguese wines and Penfolds worth $11.6M. Read more about it here.

Davis Kiryakoz was sentenced to 15 months in prison for the French Laundry wine thefts. His partner will be sentenced in May. Read more about it here.

Lasse Hartmann posed as a wine dealer and cheated people our of £104,000. He was arrested on 22 felonies on fraud. Read more about it here.

Laurent Ponsot says that at least 10 counterfeit wines are sold every day in Singapore. Read more about it here.

A great article about Phillip Moulin and the work he is doing to combat wine counterfeits. Maureen Read more about it here.

A continuation of our story from the last update, Harry Mosley was sentenced to four years and four months for leading Optimum Fine Wines to take advantage of elderly investors and take their wines and life savings. Read more about it here.

The first update of April showcases stories about wine fraud from around the world. These stories are unique, but show the breadth of types of wine fraud that impact the industry. NEW THIS WEEK: Harry Mosley Gets Jailed: Harry Mosley, who we previously covered, frauded elderly…

The second update of March is all about news stories. Check out the stories below to see all different kinds of wine fraud throughout the world. Counterfeiting, wine investment fraud, heists, and copyright lookalikes all dominated the headlines. NEW THIS WEEK: NAFDAC Locks Wine Store in Wuse Market, Abuja…