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Bordeaux corks are typically 52-55mm long, and are branded, rather than inked. Check for ‘Ah-so’ marks – the grooves left in the side of a cork by a two-pronged cork puller. For corks made from agglomerate, look for dirt under the capsule masking the cork. A hand-blown bottle from the 19th century tends to wobble on a flat surface. Post-1930, French bottles should have their capacity – eg 75cl – embossed somewhere on the glass. Wine sediment is hard to fake, so check for its presence, size and general appearance. Is it too chunky? Some fake sediment sparkles like glitter under light.
Wine seller Geoffrey Troy says that frauds often pour cheaper wine into empty bottles of expensive wine. Speaking of Kurniawan, Troy explains, “He could take a $200 bottle and turn it into over a $1,000 bottle.” You can’t spot this kind of fraud from the wine label, because the label is authentic; it’s the wine inside that isn’t. How do you catch this type of counterfeit wine? You either have to taste it, or look at pour lines. In old wines, pour lines get lower the longer the wine is in the cellar. Burgundy that’s more than 15 years old can have a pour line that is as low as two inches below the cork, and Bordeaux can have a pour line as low as the upper shoulder of the bottle. When you buy a 15-year-old Burgundy that has a pour line right up against the cork, this could mean that the previous owner filled the bottle with new, cheap wine. The only other way to catch this type of fraud is to taste the wine and observe it in the glass. To make sure that what you’re drinking is the real deal, look at the color of the liquid. The guide below gives you a sense of what wines of every age should look like. See additional details on Jason Murray Arnold Fraud in the wine industry.
Wine fraud isn’t anything new. In fact, counterfeit wine has been around for years. Decades ago con artists would take cheap bottles of wine, add fake high-end wine labels, and then sell them to some unsuspecting person. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of wine scams out there to be aware of today. As the fine wine market continues to grow, scam artists have taken the opportunity to sell fake products. One of the reasons that it’s easier for people to pull off a wine scam or other fraudulent activity is because the wine market isn’t regulated like those of other industries.