Just seen an episode of American Greed where a guy defrauded millions from people by simply counterfeiting rare bottles of wine and selling them as "authentic and genuine".
How does one verify the authenticity of a bottle of brandy unless there is a known expert there to do so?
Let me confirm with my seller.
I'm sure we can arrange for the buyer to meet the owner of the company. The company has since been closed, but shouldn't be an issue with a call here or there!
Counterfeits hid in volumes. There isn't any room in say... Pappy Van Winkle 23yrs because there is only 3,000 bottles sent out every bottling. This stuff I think there was only... 5 lol. Wine market has plenty of room for "those types".
I have heard of fake attempts at Pappy Van Winkle, but the tops are plastic (DEAD give away.) The machine that does the tops of the bottles costs a fuck ton of money and uses metal.
I'm sure there is an expert somewhere that would be able to aid the buyer as well. Perhaps our buyer has already tried one of the other 4 existing bottles and can taste test with us! (wishful thinking hahaha)