Fakes & margins

[RAYC]

A great story on bootleg Jacob's Creek that i came across from another board, and one that might interest a few people after recent fake-bottle controversies such as the 1955 Mackenzie - apparently the margins are there even on supermarket wine!

The article also contains these two fantastic sentences:

"These tests showed that despite being drinkable, the wine was far from the standard of normal Jacob's Creek wines.

Pernod Ricard senior technical officer Zara Fulmar also noted that "only a real Jacob's Creek connoisseur could tell that it's a sub-standard bottle of wine.""

(though, to be fair, i have never tried Jacob's Creek as far as i am aware, and suppose i probably should do before commenting further lest be labelled a wine snob)

[JacobH]

If you’d asked me, before reading this post, I would have said Pernod and Ricard were both pretty minor brands locked in mortal combat over the pastis market. Not an international conglomerate owning things like Jacob’s Creek...

The alcoholic drinks market is so full of surprises!

[mosesbotbol]

Their Cab-Shiraz blend is pretty good QPR and I once aged a case I bought for $65 for 6 years and it was really good. Wasn't sure how it would handle cellaring and I was amazed. Should've bought a 2nd case at the time