Moet lured out an online shop selling fake Dom Perignon Luminous brut but despite court conviction, the fraudster is still very much in business on the country's biggest e-commerce platform. Read More
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Bordeaux's storied winery, Petrus, has secured a victory in China against fraudsters who are churning out non-existent Petrus second wine. Read More
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
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
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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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
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
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
Failures of accountability from merchants and e-commerce platform pushed one wine consumer to seek justice on his own. Read More
With the new EU-China Geographical Indication agreement, 100 European products, most of which are wines and spirits will be protected in Chinese market. Read More