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Sorry All of Our Wines Were Fake

Written By: Kasey Carpenter on Wednesday, June 4, 2008

What happens when half a million dollars worth of wine is proved fraudulent?

By now most of us have read about the Ponsot that was pulled from the Acker Merrall & Conditt auction back in April. Twenty-two lots of Ponsot that was estimated to be worth well north of half a million dollars was pulled during the auction at the request of Ponsot. It seems that some fakes were apparent in the line up. So they must have been...read more
 

Q2 Auction Results Prove My Theory

Written By: Kasey Carpenter on Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Burgundy is seeing some amazing returns at high end auction houses.

In the months of 2008, from April - June, $66 million dollars were spent on collectible wine in the US. Like I said, people who collect at this level aren't too worried about how much gas has gone up whether that gas is going into an S-Class, a Chris Craft, or a Gulfstream. Seriously though, 66 million? Wow. What I really loved about the...read more
 

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And So It Begins - The Fight Against Fraud

Written By: Kasey Carpenter on Thursday, September 4, 2008

More and more wines are being proven fraudulent, robbing collectors of hundreds to thousands of dollars. Chemists have decided to step in and create a potential early warning system.

With all the talk of wine fraud these days, it is no wonder that many scientists have been applying themselves to the task of inventing a device that will detect fraudulent wines. Well here is today's latest iteration. As reported on by no less that the Royal Chemistry Society, Cecilia Jiménez-Jorquera from the Barcelona Institute of...read more