A raid by Shanghai Police has uncovered over 50,000 bottles of fake wines including Penfolds and Bordeaux as well as known spirits and Baijiu brands worth over US$31.1 million. Read More
Crime
The notorious wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan, aka Mr Conti, has been deported to his native country Indonesia last week from the US after spending seven years in jail for defrauding wine collectors millions of dollars. Read More
A total of 1,903 cases of premium wines including Bordeaux first growths, Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Haut-Brion, Chateau Mouton Rothchild, and Napa's Opus One were nabbed by customs authorities in Shanghai. Read More
OEM-branded wines will need to state clearly on their Chinese wine labels if they are bottled on the shores of China with the newly revised customs regulations.
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Two men were arrested in Macau for trafficking over US$3 million worth of liquid cocaine in eight wine bottles, the first case of its kind busted in the gambling city. Read More
An inter-provincial police operation led by Guangzhou police has seized the biggest haul of fake Penfolds in China, with wines worth over US$20 million. Read More
Auction house Bonhams has pulled out the entire A-1 Fine Wines Sale of 607 lots, which was touted as "one of Asia's most encyclopedic wine collections," from last Saturday's auction, due to overwhelming allegations of fake wines. Read More
More than 10,000 bottles of fake Château Haut-Brion have been uncovered by authorities in China’s southern city of Xiamen. Yet, the fraudster is still on the run and punishment was criticized as lenient. Read More
Hong Kong police seized a cache of premium Macallan whisky and Japanese sake, the first bust of top-shelf liquor for Hong Kong law enforcement this year. Read More
American auction house Zachys is thrust in to the center of an ongoing scandal that alleges it sold a bottle of fake jeroboam of 1999 Domaine Romanée Conti La Tâche. Read More