The $1.3m wine hoax: How one man sold cheap Napa plonk as the world's finest vintage... and fooled the industry elite
Rudy Kurniawan, 35, was indicted in New York last week. He faces four counts of mail and wire fraud, and jail time of up to 100 years. full story
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Billionaire wins $380k in fake vintage wine fight
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Victory for Wine Snobs: Billionaire William Koch Wins Lawsuit
Poppin' bottles. Energy magnate William Koch is the poster boy for fighting wine fraud. Throughout his years as a collector, he's purchased fraudulent bottles on more than one occasion, and was implicated in what New York deemed "the biggest hoax in history." The plight of one very rich man is now setting an example for the entire wine industry. Koch sued Internet tycoon and...
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'He told me to buy wine from the garage, served it in a mug then had sex with his socks on': X Factor winner James...
Self-confessed ladies man James Arthur told a teenage girl to pick herself up a bottle of cheap plonk from the Tesco garage and take a taxi to his home for sex after meeting over Twitter.
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Planners to take up wine ordinance this week
Some Napa Valley wine industry groups continue to disagree about how Napa County should apply and enforce its 23-year-old Winery Definition Ordinance, particularly on how older wineries should…
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Not the full bottle
A BILLIONAIRE wine collector alleges some traders are filling vintage wine bottles with cheap substitutes.
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Wine industry pays tribute to vintner Jim Barrett
The who’s who of Napa Valley’s wine industry gathered en masse Tuesday to pay tribute to vintner James L. Barrett, a man who friends, family and business associates said lived, prayed, played …
napavalleyregister.com (1 month and 19 days ago)
Yadegaran on Wine: April in Napa means groupies, hot dogs and hangovers
From a wine-and-painting pairing to a live taping of the web TV series 'Wine Booty,' April in the Napa Valley reminds us that art and wine are a match made in the vineyard.
mercurynews.com (1 month and 20 days ago)
You Can’t Taste Wine Nearly As Well As You Think
Back to the cellar. Hey, all you people who care about what makes good wine taste good, did you know that there have been dozens of unsettling scientific studies conducted over the last decade or so that indicate you really have no idea what you're talking about and you probably don't enjoy anything because you really like the way it tastes? Take the now-infamous experiments...
nymag.com (2 months and 6 days ago)
Sales of fine wines soar as households stay in to save money but splash out on the plonk
But decanters sales have also jumped in the past year as cash-strapped shoppers disguise cheap plonk as fine vintages, according to Debenhams.
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