Moving into the shadier side of the industry, the biddies discuss some of the biggest counterfeit and fraudulent wine sales in recent history starting with the Jefferson Bottle in 1985 to the Rudy Kurinawan situation in the early 2000s. While these cases are more recent, wine forgery has been around for centuries.

Drinking

Kara: Bubbles

Calla: White Claw

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Sources

• ACFE, Wine Fraud – A Vintage Scheme
• SevenFiftyDaily, Beyond High Profile Scandals, Wine Fraud is Rampant
• The Drinks Buisness, Top 10 Wine Scandals
• Valerie King, Thesis paper, Wine, Fraud and Expertise

Image Credit: The Guardian