Sunday, March 18, 2012

China Estimates That There Are 1.95 Million Bottles Of Counterfeit Chateau Lafite Rothschild Shipped Last Year


Is China Really a Vintage Wine Drinker? -- China Perspective

France's renowned Chateau Lafite Rothschild officially produces 240,000 bottles of wines annually, 50,000 of which are shipped to China. Yet as many as two million bottles of so-called Lafite wines were sold in China last year, according to estimates by industry data collectors.

So where did the remaining 1.95 million bottles of Lafite wines come from? Or more precisely, what on earth did those 1.95 million bottles contain?

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My Comment: These numbers are incredible .... but China will not change their guidelines on how wine is marketed .... for now. And no ... China is not a vintage wine drinker nation right now .... but they are trying to learn, and some are spending their money where their palette is.

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