Italian police seize 4,000 bottles of counterfeit 'super Tuscan' wine
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo from on (#594WB)
Fakes imitate one of Italy's top wines, Bolgheri Sassicaia, which costs up to 320 a bottle
Italian police have seized more than 4,000 counterfeit bottles of a prestigious super Tuscan" wine that can fetch up to 360 (325) a bottle.
The operation, called Bad Tuscan, led to the arrests of two people with 11 others under investigation for allegedly counterfeiting one of the storied red wine, Bolgheri Sassicaia by Tenuta San Guido.
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