With its cellar seized, a debt-laden wine company had its wines taken as well. Is this practice reasonable? Read More
Crime
This marks the first publicly reported wine smuggling case involving extradition in China. Read More
JD.com, a platform celebrated for its commitment to authentic products, is under fire after a wine and hairy crab promotion turned into a false advertising controversy. Read More
Hong Kong Customs seized smuggled goods valued at 140 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$18 million), including high-end Bordeaux wines, after intercepting a shipment bound for … Read More
Aleksandr lugov, a notorious wine fraudster who had been previously convicted of faking fine wines including the rarefied Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) in 2017, was again arrested in Italy seven years later. Read More
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Amandeep Singh Dhall, CEO of Brindco Sales Limited, India’s largest wine importer, in connection with a money laundering case tied to an alleged tax policy manipulation scheme. Read More
The Chinese government has recently unveiled a major wine smuggling case worth RMB 310 million (US$42.5 million), marking one of the most significant busts in recent years. Read More
The latest twist in fake Penfolds saga was unexpected: a wine company not only established a “Penfold Family Wine Club” in China but also enlisted a man claiming to be the “seventh-generation heir of the Penfolds family” to endorse their activities. Read More
It started with a promise of easy money and fine wine—an irresistible combination for Jia Shuang. Like thousands of others, he was drawn into the allure of quick profits through an online platform that claimed to turn wine trading into a lucrative venture. Read More
Chinese customs officials have seized 670 bottles of top Bordeaux, including Lafite, Latour, and Margaux, in a smuggling case valued at more than RMB 3 million (about $410,000). Read More