/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierHeadlines about the most recent high profile counterfeit wine scandal read like the chapters of a crime novel: A Vintage Crime; Wine Fraud Case Takes Another Twist; Counterfeiter Sentenced to Ten Years. Rudy Kurniawan, an Indonesian immigrant who at oneen-USTelligent Community 13https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierSun, 29 Nov 2015 00:43:04 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aGreg Rubin0<p>And now the federal government is auction Rudy&#39;s personal collection: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.txauction.com/forms/USMS-FAQs-Kurniawan-wine.pdf">www.txauction.com/.../USMS-FAQs-Kurniawan-wine.pdf</a></p> <p>Why they don&#39;t disclose more about who the seller is, is beyond me. </p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierMon, 23 Nov 2015 22:50:57 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aOscar De La Villa Jr0<p>Nice job Erin!</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierMon, 23 Nov 2015 01:21:46 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aPierre Costa0<p>Good job Erin. Education is key indeed. </p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierTue, 17 Nov 2015 19:52:48 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aMichael Harju0<p>Excellent article, but... It seems like many people just don&#39;t seem to mind, or care about those flashy, fake show off bottles. </p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierMon, 16 Nov 2015 19:39:08 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aTom Gannon0<p>And of course there are whispers about unscrupulous restaurant owners who will sell the same bottle as many times as possible- open the bottle away from the table and not present the cork and save and refill a rare bottle...I&#39;ve heard stories about a gentleman who took pictures a few months apart at the same restaurant of a wine he purchased at the first and second visit, upon looking more closely at the pictures he realized the bottle numbers were identical...he may not have gotten the real wine the first time but he clearly did not the second time...</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierSun, 15 Nov 2015 23:24:55 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aJustin Moore0<p>Great job Erin! You rock!</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierSun, 15 Nov 2015 18:20:40 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aMatthew Zacharias0<p>Cade is actually bottling their reserve in both screw cap and cork as their own experiment on the effects of aging using different closures. If you purchase the reserve, it is sold in two packs and will contain one of each. </p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierSun, 15 Nov 2015 09:17:20 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aAnthony Mueller0<p>Another great article, Erin! &nbsp;Keep it up!</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierSun, 15 Nov 2015 04:36:29 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aHeather Curtis0<p>Great article!</p> <p>Should we be suspicious of 6 bottles of Cade Reserve Cabernet 2012 that just came in, at ~$175 per bottle cost. 3 of them have corks and 3 have screw caps, I thought that was so weird for the same vintage to have different closures!</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/erin_brooks/posts/fraud-counterfeit-and-the-sommelierSat, 14 Nov 2015 22:58:44 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:4d01d98d-52fc-4c62-ac1c-17cc5fb3618aadam kerr0<p>great article erin!!!!!</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16595&AppID=352&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">