China’s Fake Ice Wine Epidemic
China’s Fake Ice Wine Epidemic
Feb 4, 2011 6
Winemakers across the globe are betting that China is the market of the future. The growth in wine consumption and importation there is incredibly rapid. But like any new frontier, the Chinese wine market is a little wild and largely uncharted. One market segment in particular shows the potential problems—ice wine. Canadian winemakers are crying foul over large amounts of counterfeit Canadian ice wine for sale on Chinese store shelves. One importer estimates that 80 percent of ice wine sold there is fake.
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