Whisky connoisseurs are being warned to watch out for fakes after investigators found that a bottle of 113-year-old Laphroaig purportedly worth thousands of pounds was a fraud.
The sealed bottle, which was of the correct age and design, contained cheap blended whisky made between 2007 and 2009 instead of a single malt produced more than a century ago on the Scottish isle of Islay. The value of rare vintage whisky has soared in recent years as Chinese collectors and other investors have poured into the market.
The same investigators also claim to have identified two part-fake sets of bottles of Macallan Fine and Rare, on sale for £500,000 and £250,000.
Andy Simpson, of Rare Whisky 101, said that he and his partner David Robertson bought…
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