Episode notes
🍷In this episode of Wine By the Case: Uncorking Legal Insight, One Bottle at a Time
This week, we're sipping on Carfaggio Chianti Classico — a single estate Italian red that's as complex as today's criminal case
🍾 $154 million wine fraud exposed: How criminals fooled experts with fake labels
🎨 The perfect crime? Russian, Italian & French masterminds forge century-old vineyard labels
📜 They even sourced authentic aged paper and vintage corks to fool auction houses
💰 Two-buck chuck sold for $20,000+ per bottle to unsuspecting collectors
🔍 The scheme unraveled when someone actually opened a $40,000 "Burgundy" and tasted... garbage
We break down the international fraud charges, how organized crime infiltrated high-end wine auctions, and why this could be the Southern District of New York' ...