For the first time, attendees of wine authentication expert Maureen Downey's workshop in Hong Kong could obtain advanced certification to become a certified 'wine detective'.
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More than 100 cases of counterfeited wine “from a renowned brand” have been seized in Shanghai. Read More
Fujian, the affluent coastal province in southern China, has announced one of the province's biggest fake wine busts in its history: over 40,000 bottles of fake DBR Lafite and Penfolds were uncovered in a police raid. Read More
A Chinese company was busted by the market watchdog of Chengdu for advertising counterfeit Chateau Latour on live-streaming platforms in Chengdu, southwest China. Read More
China’s eastern Jiangsu province has dismantled what the policed described as a “mega cross regional” fake wine production ring, seizing over 8,000 bottles of counterfeit Penfolds worth over RMB 10 million (US$1.6 million). Read More
A court in Shanghai has recently prosecuted three fraudsters who churned out and sold counterfeit Bordeaux wines worth RMB 1.4 million (US$220,174). Read More
China’s regional court has convicted four men of counterfeiting Penfolds’ trademark, after uncovering more than 1,140 bottles of fake Penfolds and 500kg of unbottled bulk wines during a police operation last January. Read More
LA-based lawyer Don Cornwell has raised serious concerns over two large format DRC bottles offered by Acker in Hong Kong, including a world record-breaking methuselah. Even after the wine has been rescinded, doubts still linger. Read More
Derided by trade professionals as "Disneyland of fakes", the scale of knockoffs seen at this year's Autumn edition of China Food & Drinks Fair in Tianjin is staggering. We have rounded up some of the worst offenders here from fake DRC to counterfeit Petrus. Read More
A wedding banquet in China’s eastern Shandong province has led police to uncover the biggest fake Bordeaux wine case in China and an elaborate web of deception that fabricated a fictional Baron and a fictitious war with Chateau Lafite Rothschild Read More