Counterfeiting - where does it end?? Ponsot on a fake 2005 CdlR

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:33 GMT

The rarest and the most expensive wines have addressed it....laser codes embedded in the glass...more vintage branding...water marks a la modern currency....and now some anti-fraud capsules that are very cool...but this is for vintages post the late 90s.....before that...nothing but extreme diligence is in order...and that is probably inadequate...:glass:
(author: Robert Parker)

Counterfeiting - where does it end?? Ponsot on a fake 2005 CdlR

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:36 GMT

Mark....certainly good news regarding the DRCs....but counterfeiting youngsters is disquieting...something else to ponder.... many of these legendary wines are never purchased to be drunk...just "collected" and admired...how many famous estates would want it acknowledged a significant percentage of the wine with their name on it might be fake?....think it over...hardly beneficial for upholding price supports at astonomical levels....anyone wonder why so much of the very rare wine market has moved to Hong Kong?.....getting hot in the USA....and it is not being caused by the usual suspect...global warming...:glass:
(author: Robert Parker)

Why Don't We Properly Celebrate Beaujolais Nouveaux??

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:53:48 GMT

Arthur...funny...opened a Joel Rochette last night..not because I love BN, but just to have a little,and largely meaningless glimpse at the already much-hyped "legendary" 2009...fun and fruity wine for sure...and after all the pomp and circumstance surrounding wine...much of it BS and elitism...these wines are a mini-celebration of a new vintage...or by extension, the beginning of a new life in the kingdom of wine:glass:
(author: Robert Parker)

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