Fine-wine fraud 伪造的美酒 Chateau Lafake 法国酒庄拉法克红酒 The fine-wine boom is attracting forgers 美酒追捧热潮催生造假者 WINE buffs are like art collectors. Few can tell the difference between a well-made fake andthe real thing. 葡萄酒爱好者与艺术品收藏者相同,他们中很少人能分清真品与制作精良的赝品有什么区别。 Yet whereas counterfeit art has been around for centuries, wine forgery is relatively new. 但艺术品伪造已经有几百年历史了,酒类伪造却还只是近几十年的事。 It started in the late 1970s when the prices of the best winesespecially those from Bordeauxshot up. 20世纪70年代末期,由于精品美酒尤其来自法国波尔多的葡萄酒价格飙升,名酒伪造应运而生。 Today, with demand from China fuelling a remarkable boom, counterfeiting is rife. 现在,中国对尊贵名酒的需求推动了名酒市场的繁荣,假冒伪劣酒也开始盛行。 By some estimates 5% of fine wines sold at auction or on the secondary market are not whatthey claim to be on the label. 据估计,拍卖会或二级市场出售的美酒有5%货不对板。 |