Fraudulent Portuguese Wine Seized East of Porto

[Andy Velebil]

Short article that does not, as of yet, identify the producer(s) involved.


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/ ... thorities/

[Eric Ifune]

The article says the authorities are not sure the wine is fraudulent or if it is a labeling issue.

[Eric Menchen]

Yes, the article is rather limited, and the word "Fraudulent" is kind of a stretch from what is conveyed in the text.

[Andy Velebil]

Cops went through a lot of trouble to investigate and then seize a lot of wine and labels (well perhaps not much effort for a few boxes of labels. But you get the idea). Not sure how PT cops work. But that’s a lot of effort if they simply thought it was an accidental reporting error.

There is clearly a bit more to the story we don’t know yet. Like who tipped the cops off as the bottles hadn’t been released into the market yet. They most likely either had a confidential informant or someone on the inside feeding them information.

[Roy Hersh]

Here in Portugal, it has yet to be reported that these were fraudulent bottles.