Maureen Downey’s Wine Authentication Training 2019 coming to
The Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong this 12 & 13 October!
Maureen Downey, world-renowned expert in counterfeit wine identification and her team will hold a one-of-a-kind training course on the intricacies of wine authentication.
The three-part course will take place over two days and cover the most common practices of wine counterfeiters and the basics of wine authentication. Participants will learn the risks, the tells, and how to prevent counterfeit bottles from becoming a part of their collections.
12 October:
Beginning with a presentation on the first day, Maureen will instruct the class on a check list of the 16 points authenticators need to consider when assessing a wine, including an in-depth look at some of the most important aspects of the bottle itself. You’ll learn what counterfeiters do and how they do it, and most importantly, what expert wine authenticators look for. You’ll dive into the intricacies of ink, printing, paper, and typography as Downey takes you through comparisons of the top counterfeited producers, the top counterfeited vintages, and the most-counterfeited regions. The discussion will also cover the available low-tech and high-tech anti-fraud measures being developed for use on labels and in the glass itself. Attendee work history and two professional references are required for admission into the course.
Level 1 Authentication Training follows the introductory lecture with a hands-on workshop featuring examples of real and fake bottles, with students being encouraged to bring in suspect bottles to use as examples; they will go home with an authentication toolkit.
13 October:
Level II Authentication Training is the second full day and is targeted to members of the trade who work with rare wine on a daily basis or who seek to become wine authenticators. Downey expands on the topics covered in Level I and students will spend significant hands-on time comparing counterfeit bottles (from Downey’s collection of fakes) with legitimate bottles. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of the authentication process and by the conclusion of the day will have a firm grasp on the ins and outs of the authentication of rare and valuable wine. The class size is limited, and Level I Training is required before attending the Level II course.
About Maureen Downey:
Founder Maureen Downey, DWS, CWE, FWS, is considered the world’s foremost expert in counterfeit wine identification. She has inspected hundreds of millions of dollars of fine wine.
She works regularly with a broad range of collectors and vendors to determine the authentication of fine and rare wines, and has lent her expertise in court in numerous high-profile cases. She provided pre-trial consultation to the FBI and United States Department of Justice in the prosecution of Rudy Kurniawan and has assisted and testified on behalf of Bill Koch in the Koch v. Greenberg proceedings.
Her database on counterfeit wine is unmatched in the world, and her experience and expertise on the subject led to the creation of winefraud.com, the first-ever educational resource in the world focusing on wine counterfeiting, wine fraud, and wine authentication.
Contact:
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