Moet.. fake or real?

Question

Does anybody know how to tell the differences between a real, and a fake bottle of moet? I saw a programme on the tv a while ago detailing the differences, but ive forgotten what they are. Can anybody help me out (to tell if someone i know is selling the real deal or fake stuff.

Help much appreciated

Answer 1

Unscrupulous places will often refill a bottle with cheaper champagne and pass it off for the more expensive stuff, so looking at the bottle alone may not help.

First, make sure your bottle arrives uncorked (half the fun is popping the cork yourself!), and inspect the cork after opening it to make sure it has not been shaved down to make it fit in the bottle again.

Pour a glass out wait a minute and look at the glass. The bubbles should be very fine and seem to appear out of nowhere. This is a sign of proper carbonation. The finer the bubble, the finer the champagne.

Keep an eye out for big bubbles (like in a sprite or a coke). Often, they will take flat champagne and re-carbonate it with co2. That will create bubbles again on a flat bottle. It also masks the flavor of champagne so that you may not notice that it has been switched.

Answer 2

Moet is a fine champagne and has desevedly gained a reputation because of it.It is not however the be all and end all of champagne. Just because they sponsor Grand Prix's etc everyone thinks must have that.
There are lots of other brands you will find a connoiseur drinks.Why worry about fake Moet when there is Verve Cliquot, Laurent Perrier and Bollinger to name a few.Be different and embark on a voyage of discovery and remember a little knowledge of a few of these will impress your friends.

Answer 3

The best way to avoid being taken is to only buy from reputable distributors. If your 'friend' is charging less than half of retail cost, then it's probably stolen or fake. If the labels appear to be blurry or just look funny, then it's probably fake. Buy a real bottle of what he's selling and compare it bottle to bottle. And if it's fake, let him know that trafficking in counterfeit goods is a SERIOUS crime. It's not just a local police matter, but can be a Homeland Security and Customs matter as well.

Answer 4

Deano, Heres some ways how to spot the fake Moet:

1: It costs a lot to produce high quality printing, spot uv print, embossing and gold foil and high quality finish, the counter-fitters dont want to spend this, so the fake bottles normally have less than perfect print quality on the labels, you need to study the bottle up close with high power spectacles, look for imperfections. If you cant find any at all i'd say its probably Genuine, the fakes usually ALWAYS give themselves away on the finishing: bottle and printing..

2: The Fakes often use Glue behind the Gold Foil, a Genuine bottle doesn't use any glue on the foil.

3: The front label on the Genuine article is slightly nobbled with a posh texture paper, the fake is often flat basic paper. (see my photo of genuine label showing texture of paper and embossed Moet Chandon words)

4: The other paper on the labels is water proof and will survive damp watery conditions without falling off.

5: If you drink a Moet and you are not impressed with the flavour, or you say you dont like it much, Its probably FAKE, Moet make very good champagne! remove the gold foil and see if you see any glue behind it.

Me personally I like Moet because its so easy to spot the fake bottles when you know how, Moet have done a good job of making their bottle finishing very hard to fake!
I have attached a photo of the front label on a genuine bottle of moet.

Other Champagnes:
Dom Perignon : Easy to spot fakes by poor bottle print and finish, the original bottle is very difficult to fake.
Verve Clicquot : Millions of fakes out there hard to spot due to poor quality of the original bottle and print.
Taittinger : Millions of fakes out there moderately hard to spot unless you have a genuine bottle to compare.

Answer 5

what kind of sh1thole restaurant are you going to that would serve you something you did not ask for? Watered down champagne, fake labels, refilled /recorked bottles?!? If you really need to ask this question you should probably not go to the establishment. to me price would be the deciding factor. If it costs less than it would at a liquor store, it is probably fussed with. Also, I would never accept a glass of champagne from a bottle which was presented opened.

Answer 6

I think it is with the back of the lable from the inside of the bottle

Answer 7

Too fizzy fake

Answer 8

Cant tell with the bottle. You've gotta drink it to know if it's for real or not.

Answer 9

buy from a reputable wine merchants
you wont go wrong