Avoid falling prey to a
counterfeit wine scammer and losing your investment, with the Ideal Wine
Company guide to spotting a counterfeit wine.
Luxury Wine Scammers They Leave You with Nothing But Swill
At the Ideal Wine Company we have
dedicated ourselves to providing you with some of the highest quality luxury
wines the global market has to offer for a price that won’t leave you reeling.
As such, we’ve seen this happen
countless times. Not everyone comes to a reputable luxury wine provider such as
the Ideal Wine Company, and those that don’t, leave themselves unprotected.
From here, it’s easy for a luxury wine scammer to lure in an unsuspecting
victim with promises of a high quality vintage and leave them with nothing but
swill.
Ideal Wine Company’s Top Five Tips for Spotting Counterfeit Wine
You don’t have to take this.
Protect your investment and stop a scammer in their tracks with these top five
tips for spotting a counterfeit wine:
- Beware Bordeaux: For some reason scammers love to pass off their low quality swill as Bordeaux, so if it’s a Bordeaux, keep an extra eye out.
- Presentation is everything: Scammers don’t have the same level of craftsmanship available to them as luxury wine producers, and often, this’ll lead to poor package presentation. If the label’s crooked, for example, you could be dealing with a counterfeit.
- Glue Residue: An extension of the last tip, if there’s a glue residue around the label, that’s further evidence of poor craftsmanship and is another indicator that you are dealing with a counterfeit.
- Compare and Contrast: Use the internet, it’s your best friend. Pull up a picture of the luxury wine you’re looking to buy, and compare with the bottle you’re being presented with. You’ll soon see whether you’re being scammed or not. Look at the foil over the cork and contrast as a good baseline.
- Don’t Trust the Aged: Generally, the older a wine is, the more likely it is to be counterfeit because it’s rarer and harder to find. A good rule of thumb is; if the wine was made before 1980 and priced too low to be true, it probably is.
