China is the hometown of liquor, and liquor culture has a long history in our country. In the 5,000-year history of the Chinese nation, wine and wine culture have always occupied an important position, penetrating into almost every field of social life.

China’s wine culture is so profound. In recent years, there has been a craze for collecting liquor. Appreciating and collecting liquor has become a very "cultural" thing. Drinking is a culture, and hiding is a culture. The topic of collecting old wine is becoming more and more popular, and many wine lovers also have a certain understanding of collecting old wine. But as time goes by, many fake old wines continue to come out. Therefore, during the collection process, we must also beware of counterfeiting.

Now I will introduce to you the precautions for collecting old wine and how to identify the authenticity of old wine.

You can naturally draw conclusions by identifying the authenticity of old wine, opening the bottle to taste, and even testing the ingredients. As a result, the collection value of a bottle of wine is gone. Distinguishing authenticity without opening the bottle is a must-have skill for identifying and collecting old wine. So, how can we identify the authenticity of old wine under this premise?

Look at the seal. Collectors should carefully observe whether the bottle seal is dilapidated, whether there are any traces of artificial ageing, and whether the seal is intact or loose.

Second, look at the wine label. The standard wine label on a wine bottle, depending on the bottle, should include: front label, back label or neck label. There was a big difference between trademark printing back then and now. A colored trademark had to go through multiple processes before it could be printed, and each process could only print one color. The trademarks used by famous wineries are generally produced by large manufacturers, with accurate color registration, exquisite printing, non-fuzzy fonts and no burrs.

Thirdly look at the packaging. Since the late 1980s, most famous wines have been packaged in color boxes when they leave the factory. After looking at the carrier elements on the bottles, the last thing to look at is the color box packaging. First, it must be complete and clean; second, the writing on the color box must be clear and be able to reveal the packaging characteristics of that year, giving people an authentic, credible and beautiful enjoyment.

Then there is the date. Some years do not have the date printed on the bottle, and the dates printed on the wine labels in different years are also written in different Arabic numerals or Chinese numerals. Appraisal of old wine requires sufficient experience and a thorough knowledge of the trademark history and packaging history of various wines.

As a market with high return on investment, old wine collection is imperative to standardize and guide the collection and appraisal of old wine.

In 2014, the China Liquor Industry Association established the Famous Wine Collection Committee. On the occasion of this year's China Liquor Association-Famous Wine Collection Committee annual meeting, the "1963 Retro Edition of Eight Famous Wine Auctions" will be held on the morning of September 27 at Jinci Hotel in Taiyuan City. This news shocked the old wine collecting community across the country.

The Second National Wine Appraisal Conference was held in Beijing in 1963. This wine tasting meeting rated eight kinds of liquor as national famous liquors, specifically: Moutai, Fenjiu, Wuliangye, Gujing Gong, Luzhou Laojiao, Quanxing Daqu, Xifeng Liquor, and Dong Liquor. Since the third wine tasting competition in 1979 also rated the eight famous wines, the eight famous wines in the second wine tasting competition were called the old eight famous wines.

The eight famous wine companies attach great importance to this auction in September. They carefully select high-quality wine from the original wine that has been stored in the cellar since 1963, and use 1960s-style packaging bottles and wine labels. 63 bottles of collectible old wine were canned. Then 45 bottles each were taken to form 45 sets of eight famous wines for public bidding.

In order to ensure that every piece of the collection is not counterfeited, the chairman of the eight famous wine companies signed his own signature on every bottle of wine auctioned. This batch of famous wines is of outstanding quality, each set is unique, has great room for appreciation, and contains huge business opportunities. Compared with private wine collection, "Laobada" is more authentic and has more collectible value. It is a truly unreplicable fine product.

Compared with the uncertainty of the private collection market order, market activities regulated and guided by industry associations are more reassuring to collectors.