Only the best! Here’s how to spot fake wine.

A bottle of good wine is a very important thing for friendly meetings, romantic evenings and just a good pastime. The only question is how to find good wine. It is necessary that the taste was pleasant, and in the morning you did not regret the drink.



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Editorial "Site" teach you choose quality wine And we can spot the fake in the store.

What kind of wine to choose, what only tricks do the manufacturers to pass off their product for good wine. There are many variants of fakes: powdered wine, schelicized (with the addition of glycerol), chaptalized (with alkaline additives), a mixture of wines with the addition of dyes. It is very important to find that bottle of real wine.



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It all starts at the store. And here even the price is not such a determining indicator, because under the label of a reliable manufacturer can hide a fake. Pay attention to the details, and you will not fall for such tricks.

1. Bottle
   Remember, good wine is never stored in paper bags, only powder. Do not buy wine in clay containers, in the conditions of the store it is unlikely to retain its qualities. True wine is only sold in glass bottles.
   
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2. Label
   Check the label before buying. If you buy wine expensive, well-known brand, the label should be without a single flaw. Conscientious manufacturers never save on this. No peeled edges, floating inscriptions and traces of glue should not be. If you see something like this, it's probably inside a fake. The date of manufacture must be stamped separately from the basic information on the label. All fonts should be clear, without typos, marriage printing. The label and the cork must match.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Traffic
   You can’t check it in the store, of course, but at home you need to pay attention. The length of the cork does not indicate the quality of the wine. Just long corks clog wine with good aging, and short – young wines. Much more important is the material from which the cork is made. Good wine is not clogged with plastic cork. High quality wine cork smells of berries, but in no case mold and damp. The quality of the cork can be different, but it should not crumble. If the cork crumbles under the corkscrew, then it is clearly saved. Manufacturers with a reputation would not allow this.
   
   
   
   
   
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If, after you brought the wine home, you still have doubts about its quality and naturalness, there are as many as 4 reliable ways to check everything. If you are alerted by the taste or smell of wine, it does not hurt to do one of these tricks.

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1. Soda.
   When you add regular baking soda, natural wine will change its color. It's a reaction with grape starch. Synthetic wine does not change its color.
2. glycerol
   To understand whether you bought a powdered wine, you need to add a couple of drops of glycerol to it. In natural wine, they simply sink to the bottom and retain their color. If glycerol changes its color to yellow or red, the wine is powdered.
3. Mel.
   This is a great test for the presence of dyes. Just drop some wine on a piece of chalk. If the dried spot lightened, the wine is good and without dyes. If the spot changes color, there are dyes in the wine.
4. Stirring up
   A good way to determine the quality of wine. When the bottle is shaken in a quality product, the foam will gather in the center and quickly fall. In bad wine, the foam will gather around the edges and settle slowly.

In this video, you will be able to see exactly what happens to the wine during these experiments.

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If one of these entertaining chemical experiments showed that wine is of poor quality, it is better to give it up. Do not poison your body with a low-grade fake. Trust me, good wine will give you much more pleasure and benefit.

Now you know, How to choose a wine. With these simple tricks, you will no longer fall for the tricks of unscrupulous manufacturers. Be vigilant, pay attention to the details and choose only the best!

Do you know how to distinguish good wine from fake wine? Share with us in the comments!