Italian authorities have seized about 2.5 million litres of falsely certified wine, valued at more than €4 million ($4.3 million), in a nationwide crackdown on fraud in the country’s wine sector. Read More
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Spanish authorities have uncovered yet another wine counterfeiting operation involving fake Rioja wines exported to China—marking the second such case aimed at the Asian market that Spanish police have cracked in 2025. Read More
A landmark trademark infringement case involving Australian wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) and its flagship Penfolds brand has been officially recognised by China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC). Read More
Billionaire William I. Koch, one of America’s most prolific—and most litigious—wine collectors, will auction off 1,500 lots from his prized cellar next month in what Christie’s calls a “once-in-a-generation” sale expected to fetch US$15 million. Read More
The surging popularity of white wine in China has gone not unnoticed by fraudsters. Read More
The network is suspected of exporting up to 24,000 liters of fake wine, with an estimated financial impact reaching millions of dollars. 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
Taiwanese billionaire Wood Chen, brother of Pierre Chen, is at the center of a NT$1 billion fake wine scandal that is sending shockwaves through Taiwan's wine collecting circles. Read More
In a joint operation targeting wholesale markets of food and drinks, authorities in Hainan seized over 500 bottles of fake Penfolds. Read More
Chinese authorities have dismantled an elaborate fake wine operation in Beijing that involves the production and selling of made-to-order top wines including specific vintages of Bordeaux first growths. Read More