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An eBook is warning of forged wines

UK (London) - It has just gone online, and everybody is already talking about it: The “Wine Forger’s Handbook”, written by Stuart George, a wine journalist, and Dr. Noah Charney, an expert specialized on art forgery. The rather thin book contains a preface about the topic of forgery and fraud, followed by two case studies that explain the deeds of Hardy Rodenstock and Rudy Kurniawan, probably the best-known wine forgers.

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Bold champagne theft at Jacques Selosse‘s

FRANCE (Avize) – Last week, more than 3,500 bottles of champagne, valued at about 300,000 euro, were stolen from Jacques Selosse, a renowned vintner. The estate, situated in Avize (a small town in the department of...

Drayton’s Family Wines accused for negligent homicide

AUSTRALIA (Cessnock) - The “WorkCover Authority of New South Wales” (Australian state authority for healthy and safe working places) has now opened a criminal action against the Drayton’s Family Wines. The cause is...

Attention: European wine fraudsters are operating from London

UK (London) – This is the first time for the Britisch Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) to address the public in order to warn about wine fraudsters who are said to be operating Europe-wide from London. To...

Storehouse full with counterfeited DBR wine bottles discovered in China

CHINA (Wenzhou) – The house where now over 10,000 counterfeited bottles from the Domaine Barons de Rothschild (DBR) have been discovered has been observed by the local authorities since quite a long time. The house was...

Million dollar theft of noble wines proven

USA (California) – On the web site of Legend Cellars* is written: „...we offer safe storage of your wines in our 13,000 square meter storehouse, which is being observed 24 hours a day by cameras, modern security...

Labouré-Roi directors involved in wine fraud

FRANCE (Dijon) - Four directors of the Labouré-Roi company, a 180 year-old trading house from Burgundy, are being accused of large-scale fraud with wine. All four persons were arrested this week, after 18 months of...

Ex-wine trader and arsonist sentenced to 27 years in prison

USA (California) - Mark Anderson, former wine trader, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for having committed an arson attack on a central warehouse on Vallejos Mare Island, California. The fire inferno that Mr....

Chinese wine smuggler demasked and accused

CHINA (Beijing) - Sun Xitai, a Chinese businessman, has allegedly imported 70,000 illegally and saved import duties by giving false declarations. According to the investigating authorities, the value of the wines smuggled...

Master of Wine: A Spanish scandal

UK (London) - The Institute Master of Wine has started an investigaion of its member Pancho Campo and his tasting organizations in Spain, particularly for the Wine Advocate. The institute announced that it received a...

Wine War in Wachau

AUSTRIA (Spitz) - The issue was all over the Austrian media, including newspapers and German Internet-forums. It was even called a real "mudwrestling in Wachau". The trigger was a lawsuit that the Vinea Wachau lead with...

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