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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
 

A Different Flavor of Fraud

Written By: Kasey Carpenter on Monday, June 30, 2008

Brunello is the latest wine to be put under the microscope for fraud. Are we seeing indications of a larger global problem?

Okay, it seems that lately the Wine Mogul column has become the Fraud Alert column. But, that isn't all my fault. If every one would play nice and follow the rules, or better yet, some sense of morality, I'd be writing about something else. Beware of the Banfi. Okay, it may not all be Banfi, in fact the Tuscan newspaper Corriere...read more
 

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