Is a bottle of wine bearing a foreign language label a genuine foreign product? Recently, a netizen who claims to be in the wine industry has posted a message saying that there are adulterated wines imported into the country. Some wines bearing foreign labels are actually domestic wines. In response, Wu Jianhua, secretary-general of the Shanghai Brewing Professional Association, also stated that counterfeit wines do exist on the market.

Netizen: Foreign label wine " adulteration"

Netizens “listening to the sound of the wind” said in the post that some domestic wines have been branded after they have been branded on foreign brands. This "foreign wine" name and place of origin are written in foreign countries, but in fact it may only be the wine produced in the country and it is not authorized. The public may have spent hundreds of thousands and bought only "counterfeit goods."

In this regard, there are netizens who follow the thread and said, "Is this true?" There are netizens jokingly, "it seems to be cool and open in the future, although this grade can not be compared with wine, but at least it is true!"

Market research: The label of imported wine is not uniform The reporter came to a famous winery on Lanxi Road to see that the imported wines in the market mainly come from France, Italy, Australia, Spain and other countries, and the price of wine is also from tens of yuan to several thousand per bottle. Yuan varies. Some shopkeepers told the Oriental Daily reporter that the imported wines in the store were long-term contracts signed with foreign wineries. They were filled in the local market, affixed with labels, and shipped to Shanghai. The sales company then used the Chinese label for labeling before they could be listed.

The reporter saw that the bottle of imported wine was almost always affixed with a foreign language label, and the Chinese label was also attached to the back label. However, the labels of imported wines are not uniform. Some wines have detailed information on the country of origin, year of production, and filling place, while some wines only indicate the origin and year of production. Whether it is genuine or not, it is indeed difficult to make a judgment.

Secretary-general of Shanghai Brewing Professional Association: There is "counterfeit goods" in the market

Wu Jianhua told reporters that the imported wines currently on the market are mainly filled by foreign countries and then imported into small containers with bottles of up to 2 liters, or filled with 2 liters or more of skins and wooden boxes, and then entered the Chinese bottling plant. Small bottle dispensing. The former is imported and the cost is higher. Because the latter purchases and transports bottles at a lower cost, the price is much lower than that of the original, but the quality of the wine is also relatively lost. “At present, most of the landmarks on the market such as Spain, South America, Australia, the United States and a small amount of French wine are imported into large packages, while Italian wines are almost all imported.”

So, how do consumers distinguish between imported and vials? Wu Jianhua said that each bottle of wine actually has two producing areas, one is the origin of brewing, and the other is the origin of filling. If both producing areas are foreign, then it is the most authentic. “Consumers can judge from the information marked on the bottle. If the filling place is a domestic distribution company, it must be marked on the bottle. If the filling production area and brewing origin are the same, then only the origin can be marked.”

At the same time, Wu Jianhua stated frankly that there are indeed cases where domestic wines are counterfeited and imported wines are present. “Some red wines with original price of 20 yuan, after affixing foreign labels, can soar to 2,000 yuan, which is 100 times the original price. Because consumers do not understand, it is It is easy to be deceived.” In addition, in some restaurants and bars, the store will also pour domestically produced wine into the empty bottle of the original wine in order to make a huge profit.

According to Wu Jianhua, most consumers now only look at the words “Italian” and “France” on the label when they buy imported wine. They do not pay much attention to information on specific wineries, grades, and grape varieties. "There are many varieties of red wine, and it is difficult for consumers to identify the advantages and disadvantages with the naked eye. Before purchasing red wine, it is necessary to understand some of the relevant knowledge of red wine. Only by purchasing can you be more confident."