In every prosperous era, a large number of frauds often occur, and this has been the case since ancient times. For example, the Song Dynasty was a peak period for counterfeiting: "Selling and buying goods, using fakes to make genuine ones, to the point where paper is used as clot

is in its prime, a large number of frauds often occur, and this has been the case since ancient times.

For example, The Song Dynasty period was a peak period for counterfeiting: " Selling and buying goods, using fakes to make genuine ones, to the point where paper is used as clothing, copper and lead are used as gold and silver, and earth and wood are used as incense ." - "Old Martial Arts"

The counterfeiting techniques in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were even more impressive. was even more amazing than . Even Ji Xiaolan, a great and clever writer, suffered a "three consecutive hits" of fakes:

The first time I bought it was with clay. I made fake ink; I took the imperial examination for the second time and bought fake candles made of mud; the third time I bought a fake duck made of mud (the meat was eaten up, leaving only a duck skeleton).

Any counterfeiting is profitable, sometimes even astonishingly profitable. This is especially true for old wine counterfeiting today. There used to be two such "fake old wines". Not only were they highly skilled in counterfeiting, but they also achieved miracles of selling hundreds of millions of dollars a year. I don't know how many consumers were harmed. Let's take a look. Have you tried them?

Maojiangjiao

This wine can be said to be the originator of fake old wine. It is said to be produced in 1987 and brewed by the "First Branch" of Maotai Brewery.

was sold in batches online, with wholesale prices ranging from a dozen yuan to dozens of yuan. Many of them were sold to ordinary people through some cigarette shops. I don’t know how many people were harmed.

In fact, wine lovers with a little common sense know that old wines of the same year are basically out of print. It is impossible to wholesale them in pieces, let alone sell them at the price of mineral water. However, wine blended with additives is another matter.

What’s outrageous is that under the manipulation of counterfeiters, it once sold for 10,000 yuan a bottle, and was even sold at a well-known auction house for a sky-high price of hundreds of thousands. However, in fact, Moutai has never produced this wine, and the so-called "No. 1 Branch Factory" is even more fictitious.

What’s incredible is that you can still see it on some e-commerce platforms, and the 1976 version of Maojiangjiao is still on sale.

Maojiangjiao’s “big brothers”

Maojiangjiao’s “success” has opened up the minds of many unscrupulous manufacturers, and various gimmicked fake wines have begun to flourish. The most typical one is the 97 "XX returns to Laimao " .

The Moutai Distillery that we are familiar with today was formerly composed of three distilleries. Among them, the wine produced by Hengxing Distillery is called Laimao.

At the 2011 Poly Spring Auction, a "Dapeng Brand" Lai Mao produced in the 1930s was auctioned for a sky-high price of more than 2.6 million yuan.

Therefore, the counterfeiters used this as a template to fabricate this "XX Lai Mao" story out of thin air. There are many similar examples, and many concepts have been used for hype.

For example, if you open an e-commerce platform and search for "XX Dadian Wine" and "XX Commune Wine", a lot of them will pop up immediately, and the price is as low as or more than a dozen yuan for .

These fake old wines are not only low in price and large in production, but many of them are Daqu Kunsha sauce wine produced in Maotai Town. People can't help but wonder, is it that easy to produce sauce wine?

So, let’s take a look at how the real Daqu Kunsha sauce wine is produced through this wooden platform houdao wine, which is brewed by national level bartender Feng Xiaoning..

This wine is brewed using 12987 ancient techniques, Chongyang Xiasha , Dragon Boat Festival koji making , 1 years time to brew base wine , and then 5 years time cellaring to form its own unique flavor before it can be canned Listed.

Therefore, all Mutai Houdao wines that can be seen on the market are aged wines that took a full 6 years to brew. Its aroma is elegant and pleasant, and it is soft in the mouth. It tastes bitter and sweet after cooking, and the sourness and spiciness are also blended just right. To describe its taste in one sentence, it is sweet and refreshing.

And when making wine, it requires an average of 5 kilograms of grain to brew 1 kilograms of wine. Moreover, in this kilogram of wine, there is a considerable part of the wine body with poor taste, which will not be added to the finished wine.Therefore, the conversion rate of its wine is extremely low (for other flavors, 3 pounds of grain can produce 1 pound of wine), even less than 5 pounds of grain per pound of wine.

To sum up, the real Daqu Kunsha sauce wine not only has a long brewing cycle and uses a lot of grain, but also has a very low yield rate of high-quality wine.

Therefore, these decades-old wines are logically untenable. What do you think about this?