In recent years, the old wine market is very popular. Everyone knows that old wine is expensive and there is high room for appreciation. Therefore, some unscrupulous merchants are desperate to forge old wine for profit. When wine lovers mention collecting old wines, counterfeiting and identification have become an unavoidable topic. So how is the fake old wine made? Is there any way to identify true and false old wine? Today, Bian Xiao will briefly introduce the common process of counterfeiting old wine on the market and the method of identifying the authenticity of old wine.

What are the common counterfeit old wines?

1: The bottle and wine are fake.

This kind of wine merchant is relatively unscrupulous, and will do whatever it takes to make money, but it will also make consumers better identify.

2. New wine in old bottles

Some merchants imitate old wine, and the usual way of counterfeiting is to pack new wine with old wine. There are also some old wines that have evaporated due to improper storage. Some merchants uncover the label on the bottle cap or bottle, drill small holes to put new wine, and then label it as good wine and old wine for sale. In addition, generally, the quality and price of high-grade wine above 50 degrees are relatively high, so some wineries sell low-grade wine as high-grade wine.

3. Punch holes under the trademark to inject new wine.

Some old wines that run away because of improper storage will uncover the trademark on the bottle cap or bottle body, drill a small hole, fill in the new wine, and then label it, thus completing the process of counterfeiting.

How to identify fake old wine?

1: sealed

See if the seal is intact or loose, and if there are any traces of people doing it.

Step 2 pack

When looking at whether the packaging of the old wine is intact, we should consider what should not be marked in the year where the old wine is located. For example, there was no alcohol content and no net content in the 1970s and 1980s.

3: Capacity

Old wines are generally collected for more than 15 years, and some are as long as 20-30 years. It has been stored for so many years, even if the collection conditions are good, it is inevitable that there will be tiny cracks due to the sealing problem of the wine bottle or the firing temperature of the ceramic wine bottle not reaching the porcelain. At this time, there is a gap between the capacity of bottled wine and the capacity on the label. As long as the glass bottle is sealed, the volatilization of the wine body will be reduced.

Tips: The above are just some common processes and identification methods of fake old wine, but the methods of fake old wine are varied and endless. If you want to collect old wine, you need to know more about old wine and prevent buying fake wine.