Tasting sized pours – all counterfeiting edition!
The FBI may be targeting the big boys, but does Eric Asimov sound the death knell for winecommune.com and winebid.com?
Ordinary wine lovers, even those who buy a few cases of great wines each year, are unlikely to be affected by scammers, unless they buy old wines or buy their wines from secondary sources, like brokers or through Internet auctions. [NYT]
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Mar
14
2007
One of the "seven best wine blogs." 
One of the three best wine blogs
On March 15th, 2007 at 10:24 am ,De Vino wrote:
Let’s recap you can buy fakes put those in your cellar, insure them as real and then conviniently have them stolen and collect from the insurance.
Great little way to make an extra buck.
Buona Bevuta a Tutti