Police bust biggest fake Penfolds operation in China
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Failures of accountability from merchants and e-commerce platform pushed one wine consumer to seek justice on his own.
With the new EU-China Geographical Indication agreement, 100 European products, most of which are wines and spirits will be protected in Chinese market.
Famous Hong Kong celebrity Eric Tsang debuted on China’s most popular livestreaming app with astonishing sales figures and no shortage of backlash.
A wine merchant in Central China’s Jiangxi province has been sentenced to one year in jail for selling fake Penfolds, the popular wine brand that has become a household name in China.
For this week, here are the headlines making buzz in China’s wine market: fake Bordeaux wines in Shanghai, Beijing’s fresh outbreak and key personnel changes in China’s wine trade.
The Shandong High Court upheld previous trial court decision handed down last July that found Yantai Bai Qi Wine Company infringed legal intellectual property rights of Bordeaux, and engaged in unfair competition by selling fake Bordeaux wines.
A video showing the production of fake Château La Tour Carnet, a grand cru classe estate in Bordeaux, has caused uproar in Chinese wine trade.