If a fake bottle of wine fulfils its purpose—to give pleasure—does it matter that it is not what it claims to be?
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 18, 2023
Rebecca Gibb explores this question in “Vintage Crime”, a history of wine fraud: https://t.co/sv2fL14gBa 👇
In Russia, back to the Middle Ages??
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16182289/Russian-hospitals-hundreds-people-quarantine-amid-fatal-pneumonic-plague...