Authenticity

Most reputable wineries use branded corks to show authenticity.
Authenticity
A questionable cork should turn the buyer away. Kati Finell/Shutterstock
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When we buy a bottle of a famed wine, we take it on faith that it’s genuine and not a fake.

In fact, fake wine is precisely why corks began to be branded with the name of a winery as well as the vintage date.

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