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 …
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Italian Police Uncover Counterfeit Sassicaia Ring
Authorities exposed an international plot to produce phony bottles of the celebrated super Tuscan, including Wine Spectator…
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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, …
Wine Thieves Bust Open Cellar, Steal $250,000 Worth of DRC and More
Two high-profile cellar raids at Copenhagen restaurants send Danish police scrambling for missing bottles of prized …
Inside the Newest Urban Winery: The Eiffel Tower
After hauling tanks, barrels and crush equipment up 187 feet, a trio of eno-entrepreneurs has set out to return Paris to …
Drug-Dealer Wine-Stealers Busted for Alleged Theft of Royal Wine
A chopper chase and drug raid in Alsace turned up surprise contraband allegedly purloined from a very elite French …
Italian Police Arrest Winemakers for Allegedly Producing 130,000 Cases of Counterfeit Wine
Authorities say an Oltrepò Pavese winery in Lombardy doctored non-appellation wine with sugar, water and aromatic additives …
Lead in His Red: Wine Killed Beethoven, Suggests Provocative New Research
A professor in Belgium has composed a case for the true cause of the virtuoso's death. Did his autopsy cover it up?
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