Category: Wine Fraud In the News

WineFraud.com contributor Francis Dinkelspiel's book 'Tangled Vines' is now available in paperback. All about the dark side of wine, Francis uses her great reporting to discuss wine frauds. Read more here. Buy on Amazon here.

The final update in October is FULL of great pictures and content. We have Aaron Patrick highlighting what he likes to drink, a feature on Belgium counterfeiter Khaled Rouabah, a host of wine fraud stories from around the world, and new authentic wines. We added in Ports, Spain, and the…

Our first update in October has a little bit of everything: Wine Investment blog from Jim Budd, a look at our presentations and trainings with Siobhan Turner, plenty of wine fraud stories around the world, and new galleries for you to peruse. We added up new producers, and new vintages…

The man who was found selling some of the Marlborough wines refuses to give up his source. The first story we covered is available here. The update is available here.

Phillip Moulin was trained by Maureen Downey and is now sniffing out the fakes. The full story is available here.

Sarah Marie Moore has been sentenced to three years in jail and probation after taking control of Vinotheque's payroll and writing duplicate paychecks for herself and placing them under different categories. The full story is available here.

Giles Gadman and his company, Venulum, have been accused of wine investment fraud of over $200,000. He is being accused by an American dentist. The full story is available here.

Thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of wine and $8 of fried chicken from a Publix including Moet and Clicquot. The full story is available here.

A man was charged with accepting stolen property coming from a wine library that was robbed. The wine had sentimental feelings as they were collected surrounding a child's birth year. The full story is available here.

The second update in September comes filled with personal stories, news stories, and counterfeit bottles of Vandermeulen wines. Siobhan Turner shows the human side of the victims of counterfeit wine collecting and Maureen Downey shares her favorite parts of wine authenticating. In the news stories of the past two weeks:…