Busted in Bordeaux: Crime Ring Suspected of Stealing $6 Million in Wine and Whisky

Plus, an illicit winery discovered in an Alabama sewage treatment facility, and thieves target cult Cabernet verticals in …

A New Discovery of Very Smuggled, Very Old Old Smuggler

A New York couple has found 78 bottles (and counting) of Prohibition-era whisky stashed in the walls of their new old home

Vanished Grapes and Burrowing Burglars: Wine Crime Unseen

A Canadian vineyard and an English wine shop are the latest victims

Court of Master Sommeliers Chairman Steps Down, Group to Restructure After Outcry over Sexual Harassment

Sommelier community in turmoil amid complaints of a toxic culture at the highest levels; the organization has now suspended …

Where in the World Is Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan?

The convicted forger of top Burgundies and Bordeauxs finished his prison sentence and faces deportation proceedings

Punctured Tanks to Pilfered Grapes, Global Wine Crimes and Blunders Run Rampant

A Frenchman tries a self-checkout scam with a classified-growth Bordeaux. A famed wine merchant falls prey to an elaborate …

Italian Police Uncover Counterfeit Sassicaia Ring

Authorities exposed an international plot to produce phony bottles of the celebrated super Tuscan, including Wine Spectator…

'Shadows in the Vineyard': DRC True-Crime Story Coming to TV

The shocking 2010 case of ransom and vine poisoning in Burgundy's grand est vineyard is being adapted into a dramatic …

Florida Man Stuffs Wine down Pants in Local Winecrime Rampage

With a taste for fancy Napa Cabs and boat shorts, the unassuming perp allegedly stole $800 worth of wine from one Naples, …

A Wine Sleuth and Would-Be Novelist

Burgundy winemaker Laurent Ponsot writes his own version of counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan’s story

Man Guzzles Wine from Under Moving Tanker, Elaborate Scam on Champagne Heir: Shocking Acts of Winecrime Everywhere

A highway wine robber in his underwear. A Champenois duped by a fake "secret mission" with Moroccan royals. Wineries, …

Drug-Dealer Wine-Stealers Busted for Alleged Theft of Royal Wines