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Lafite Counterfeits Afloat?

China’s wealthy have been rapidly acquiring a taste for wine in recent years. The country has entered the world’s top five grapevine growers, and quality has also improved significantly, with a number of Chinese wines now “quite respectable”, according to Master of Wine Jancis Robinson. Imports, however, remain more prestigious: basketball legend Yao Ming has recently entered