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- Hello1024, on 09/05/2008, -3/+9Surely it's the taste of the wine that matters, not the age?
If someone can make a "fake" wine that tastes just as good as the original then they deserve the same price as the original IMO. - KingBroseph, on 09/05/2008, -3/+9next thing you know scientists will be trying to create miniature black holes with a huge particle accelerator.... oh *****.
- grovest4life, on 09/05/2008, -3/+6Poor analogy the Mona Lisa is not a consumable.
- tonicboy, on 09/05/2008, -2/+4who comments this *****
- ChileanGoD, on 09/05/2008, -1/+3Lately it's happening very often that I have to take a look to the url of a story to check out if it comes from the onion or not.
- yunus, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3This tests the bottle not the wine
Someone trying to fake a $100,000 bottle of wine might still get either an authentic bottle from the time period and place the wine is from or might spend a few thousand and get an empty original bottle then repackage it with some Boon's farm or whatever they use. ( I know they wouldn't use Boon''s farm) - thescimitar, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2@Hello: You're more correct than you've gotten credit for, at least in diggs. The vast number of wine consumers can't tell the difference between an expensive and a cheap wine, and if they can, they often like cheap wines better. Even wineyards with long histories of exceptional (though not necessarily popular) wines have undertaken changing their varieties to encourage greater consumption by Americans.
The ratio of people who blather on about wine to the number of people who actually can tell the difference between a good wine and a cheap wine (not necessarily mutually exclusive, mind you) is very high indeed.
There are plenty of 10 dollar bottles that I have enjoyed and don't give a crap what the wine congnoscenti may say about their value.
Wine is meant to be enjoyed. Sure, there are great and complex wines that are indeed works of art. But if you're the kind of person who purchases a case of wines on name alone... because they're what's "in"... then the veracity of the vintage is wholly irrelevant. - Stonekeeper, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2Can't wait to see the faces on the tesco staff when i wheel one of these beasts in!
- SSUK, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2Bring "u"s.
- StormTroopr, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2OM NOM NOM NOM
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+2This is a big deal to people who spen four figures on a bottle of wine. (One shouldn't, and this is one reason why.) (Also, rarely worth it, even if it is legit.)
- tkforeverer, on 09/05/2008, -1/+1check out billionaires vinegar if you want an entertaining read on the jefferson bottles.
hello1014 i think it's more of it being passed off as the original and sold at outrageous prices. - Sillywombat, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1So, just use old wine bottles?
You can still beat the system! - brettg102, on 09/05/2008, -1/+2God I love the Queen's English! ::moves to Britain::
- Jhiaxuz, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Wine is pretty much the ultimate test to see how much of a douche someone is.
- flsun21, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1The thing about vintage wine that sells for $5,000+ is that you're buying a piece of history. Back in the day all wine was made entirely by hand, from picking the grapes to bottling. Nowadays 99% of vineyards do everything by machine. Its exactly the same as buying a watch from the 1700's. Sure, buying a $20 digital from Hell-Mart would still tell you the time just as well (maybe even better) but people don't drop 6 figures to tell time, they do it to own a piece of history. It really isn't about what the wine tastes like.
::end Devil's Advocate rant:: - tonicboy, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Of course, taste is the ultimate trait. However, at up to $100,000/bottle you can't exactly pop one open and try a little sip, can you? Especially since opening up a bottle of wine changes it dramatically and requires it to be drunk within a matter of days. I'm guessing you don't drink much wine, eh? The point of these tests is to determine authenticity without having to open.
- icewolf, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Many boffins died to bring us this information..
- Rotzooi, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1grovest, we're talking about rare wines, for those the analogy is perfect. It IS about the history and age, more so than about the consumption of it.
- Rotzooi, on 09/05/2008, -5/+5It's possible to create a 1:1 copy of the Mona Lisa, same colors, same relief even. But it still wouldn't be the same thing. The age and history are just as important.
- atact88, on 09/05/2008, -2/+2Huh. Cancer, old age, and disease must have already been cured.
- minimalLGP, on 09/05/2008, -0/+0Agreed, this was a fantastic book!
- Endrian, on 09/05/2008, -2/+1What a monumentally awesome waste of money. Bonus points if the beams make the fake wines explode.
- DeFex, on 09/05/2008, -5/+3Dugg for Boffins
- diggafrica, on 09/05/2008, -2/+0I didnt even know there is fake wine.. I know of cheap wine though..
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -5/+2Boffin
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