Wine Collection Fetches $7.5 Million at Auction
Dr. Vino reports on the latest major wine sale at auction, which speaks to how a venerable provenance is especially prized in the age of sophisticated counterfeit. The 986 lot…
- story: Echo Thomas
Wine Counterfeiter Goes to Trial, Wine Experts Expected to Testify
Wine Spectator reports that the first person in the U.S. to ever be tried for counterfeiting wine began his trial in a federal courtroom in Manhattan earlier today. Rudy Kurniawan…
- story: Echo Thomas
Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan May Plead Insanity
Rudy Kurniawan, a California wine collector who is to be tried next month for attempts to counterfeit over $1.3 million in fine wine, may plead insanity. According to Bloomberg, the…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Hunting Fake Wines in China
In part one of a five-part series, Nick Bartman uncovers some startling new information about China's growing counterfeit market, including that, unbeknownst to her, Jancis Robinson is a consulting winemaker…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
