adulteration of wine

"Winegate," any of several scandals involving wine, especially the adulteration of wine.

An example is Rattlesdene v Grunestone [1317], which was a case about the adulteration of wine with salt water.

As a result, Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg issued an edict in 1696 banning the adulteration of wines with litharge.

As a teenager, Le Roy joined the uprising in the Languedoc over adulteration of wine and chaptalization led by French wine grower Marcellin Albert.

As wine is technically defined as the product of fermented grape juice, the term "wine fraud" can be used to describe the adulteration of wine by substances that are not related to grapes.