Counterfeits, smashing, slashing, chugging ? sipped & spit

SIPPED and SMASHED: Lafite empties After tasting older vintages of collectible wines before an auction, the bottles are routinely smashed. Why? An empty bottle of Lafite 1982 fetches $1,500. [CNN] SIPPED: counterfeit bottle William Koch, the billionaire wine collector, bought a bottle of 1870 Lafite from a Christie’s auction for $4,200, discovered it was fake, [...]

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