Originally Posted by
trueblu
Unlikely to be real though -- apparently China sells more bottles of Chateau Lafite and Latour per year than total annual production. And those are for recent vintages. For classics like the '82, I doubt a 'grocer' like Ole, who isn't a specialist wine merchant would have access to more than 1 case of that wine, if that, for the whole of China.
And even if it was real, that is a 5x mark-up over the auction price for that vintage (which is a believable price).
tb
I'm aware of this factoid, as well, but if you could see just how nice Ole is, you might have a little bit more confidence in them. It is similar to City Shops in Shanghai, but enormous. Simply beautiful product presentation... makes Carrefour look like Grocery Outlet.