July 25, 2018 – Galicia, Spain A highly rated exclusive restaurant was the cover for a million-dollar wine fraud operation. Downstairs diners who had to be on the list of registered clients or be invited by a friend of the house relished the gourmet delicacies at the Don Alex Multibart Restaurant. Upstairs was a counterfeit…
March 28,2018 – Zhengzhou, China Central China Police have raided a warehouse in Zhengzhou, China uncovering more than 50,000 bottles of Fake Wine. The wine in question was labeled as the prestigious Australian Penfolds brand. The value of the 8300 cases of fake wine, branded as Penfolds was estimated at $3.7 Million. Treasury Wine Estates…
March 19, 2018 – Paris, France The annual report of the Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes (DGCRF) released on March 16, 2018, a massive wine fraud investigation was summarized. The DGCRF listed one of the Nation’s largest wine fraud cases ever uncovered involving the highly prized…
March 7, 2017 – Shanghai, China Police in Shanghai seized over 20,000 bottles of fake Carlo Rossi in a raid on a distribution warehouse that was blended in with legitimate food warehouses. The fake wine came to the attention of police during routine inspections of shops that sold wine. They were seizing bottles of Carlo…
