Fakes & margins
Posted: 15:24 Mon 12 Sep 2011
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)
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)