A bottle of good wine is not only an attribute of a festive feast in many Russian families. In moderation, this drink is also beneficial for health. But this only applies to real wine. Unfortunately, powder wine is also available in modern stores. It is made from evaporated grape must with the addition of various flavors, yeast, alcohol, flavor enhancers, etc. But if you follow some tips, you can avoid purchasing a fake.
Instructions
Step 1
Look at the price first. If it is too low, then most likely you are offered to purchase a surrogate. To produce a bottle of natural wine, you need to spend money on its production, which is not very cheap, as well as on bottling, transportation, storage. In this regard, the production of powdered wine is much cheaper, therefore, its cost in the store is quite low.
Step 2
Be careful when purchasing boxed wine. Since the use of such containers is cheaper than glass bottles, it is often not used by the most conscientious manufacturers.
Step 3
When buying wine, pay attention to the label. The bottle with powdered wine will not have an aging indication, nor is such a wine vintage. This drink has a sweetish sugary taste, does not have the aftertaste typical of natural wine. Most often, sweet, semi-sweet and semi-dry wines are counterfeited. But dry ones are always natural, since it is very difficult and expensive to fake them.
Step 4
You can check the naturalness of the wine in the following way. Take the bottle, turn it upside down sharply. Take a good look at the remaining sediment. In natural wines, it is allowed, but there should not be much of it, and it has a rather dense consistency. If you have a surrogate in front of you, then there can be a lot of sediment, and it will be loose.
Step 5
Pour some wine into the glass. Shake in a circular motion. If there are traces on the walls of the glass, the so-called "wine legs", then this is a natural product. The longer these traces hold, the better the wine.
Step 6
You can drop a couple of drops of glycerin into a glass of wine. If it sinks to the bottom and does not change color, then the wine is natural. If the glycerin turns red or yellow, then this is a fake.
Step 7
Fill a deep dish with water, pour wine into the bottle, pinch the neck with your finger. Dip the container with the drink in the water and turn it over. Remove your finger. If the wine begins to mix with water, it will indicate that there are additional impurities, flavors and other additives in the drink. Natural wine will not mix with water.
