Counterfeit Wine: A Smart Man's Guide

As high-profile wine fraudsters are uncovered and concerns about "counterfeit wine" grow

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If you purchase excellent wine that's not rare from nice people, you won't be jilted."

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There are Bible stories about people serving wine that was presented as something it wasn't,

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this doesn't look like the assortment that DRC packages each year,' and he said, 'I don't know what you mean,

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Everybody knows everybody [in the wine industry] and you have to approach this stuff with fair amount of skepticism

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There's a lot of people who don't want to think that they have a problem

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Counterfeit Wine: A Smart Man's Guide

As high-profile wine fraudsters are uncovered and concerns about "counterfeit wine" grow

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If you purchase excellent wine that's not rare from nice people, you won't be jilted."

Ditch the Fake/Real Dichotomy

#1

There are Bible stories about people serving wine that was presented as something it wasn't,

Physical Details for Old Wines

this doesn't look like the assortment that DRC packages each year,' and he said, 'I don't know what you mean,

Look Beyond Appearances for New Wines

#3

Everybody knows everybody [in the wine industry] and you have to approach this stuff with fair amount of skepticism

Research

There's a lot of people who don't want to think that they have a problem

Use Forensics

#5

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