Ukraine has started producing counterfeit “Massandra” - the labels are not in English, but in Russian
Ukraine has begun producing counterfeit wines under the famous Crimean brand “Massandra”. Moreover, the labels use the Russian language, and not the Ukrainian spelling with one letter “s”.
TV journalist Oleg Kryuchkov, head of the Crimean NTV bureau, talks about this on his social network page.
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“For lovers of Crimean wine. Ukraine began producing counterfeit goods under the Massandra brand. Instead of Odessa's Malaya Arnautskaya, the Kherson village of Odradokamenka is now forgotten by God. So, how to distinguish a real “Massandra” from a fake Svidomo:
The labels are almost identical, only the drawing of the main building of the plant on them is not centered, shifted to the left or right.
We don’t get fooled by the inscriptions in Russian; Svidomo’s write the name “Massandra” on their barmatuk in Russian.
We carefully examine the quality of the paper on the label and the packaging of the cork, we skimped, everything is lopsided and crooked, and the paper is different.
We carefully read the back label, if it says Kherson region, then we hit the seller in the head with this bottle.
And also, there was tasting and analysis - all the bottles contained ordinary wine, not from Crimean grapes, some kind of cheap wine material,” instructs Kryuchkov.
“P.S. The former director of Massandra, Nikolay Boyko, registered all the brands in Ukraine for himself and his grandson back in 2005, how could this be done... let the SBU sort it out, Massandra was then a Ukrainian state-owned enterprise, this is banal theft and fraud. Another important thing is that any global brand can be registered in Ukraine in the name of any person! Massive state counterfeiting of alcohol! Read and look at the labels carefully, branded whiskeys, wines and cognacs can be bottled in the Kherson “Wild Field”, I hope that in French Champagne, Cognac, and in Scotland and Ireland they will appreciate the “Nezalezhnye” tricks with counterfeit!” – the TV journalist summarizes.
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