Exposing the "high" technology of producing "fake" wine
If in the past, the common trick to produce fake wine in China was to produce domestically and label it as foreign goods, today, the counterfeiting technique has reached a "master" level.
Along with the development of the domestic wine industry, some Chinese wine brands have gradually won the hearts of consumers because of their quality and affordable prices. Therefore, unlike the previous method of "domestic production, foreign labeling", many factories now openly imitate domestic products by adding industrial alcohol and toxic additives to save production costs and increase profits.
Methanol is the most commonly used additive in counterfeit alcohol.
A typical example is the fake Great Wall wine scandal in 2010 that caused a serious "earthquake" in the Chinese consumer market. When revealing to a CCTV reporter, a local sales manager admitted that among the wines produced in the coastal city of Qinhuangdao, Hebei, only 20% were fermented grape juice, the remaining ingredients were mainly sugar water mixed with chemicals including colorants and flavorings. According to medical experts, fake wines containing industrial alcohol and additives are very harmful to consumers' health, even causing death.
In addition to wine, other famous Chinese liquors such as Mao Tao and Wu Liang Yi are also being counterfeited. Three counterfeit liquor production dens concentrated in a small village in Daxing District, Beijing have just been "busted down". These "dens" all operate in a "hit and run" manner: they do not produce on a daily basis, but only work hard when they receive orders from customers.
According to the investigation, the counterfeiting methods of these establishments are very sophisticated, making it difficult for consumers to distinguish between real and fake. First, the workers in the factory will buy packaging and bottles that look like genuine products to deceive customers' eyes, then search for processing ingredients with flavors and tastes similar to the real products and then produce them. Most consumers cannot distinguish when tasting them in stores.
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| Maotai liquor is also a product that is often counterfeited. Photo: Xinhua. |
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Bottle shells are always a difficult problem for the fake wine business. |
According to: Dat Viet
