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Carbon-14 Dating Reveals 5% of Vintage Wines May Be Frauds

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-backdating-a-check dept.

Carbon dating isn't used only for such academic pursuits as trying to determine the age of the Shroud of Turin, or figure out how old some rocks are. An anonymous reader writes "Up to 5% of fine wines are not from the year the label indicates, according to Australian researchers who have carbon-dated some top dollar wines."

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  1. Alternate Headline by wjc_25 · · Score: 5, Funny

    95% of carbon datings may be inaccurate, says new wine grower-sponsored study.

  2. Excellent work. by deniable · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Buy a bunch of expensive wine
    2. Carbon date a small sample.
    3. Dispose of the rest thoughtfully.

    Some days I'm proud to be an Australian.

  3. Re:No One Would Notice by jrumney · · Score: 5, Funny

    In many ways the wine market is similar to the hifi market. If only the butler had opened the wine using the correct polarisation of the Oxygen Free Corkscrew, you might have noticed the difference.

  4. Re:-3.14 Reference Snobs by cc1984_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    So has Monty Python, and it's probably still in the top 10 references on slashdot...

    No it isn't

  5. Re:Let me take a pro-expensive wine position by feepness · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not a memorable experience if you have to be TOLD that it's a memorable experience.

    Some of my most memorable experiences I can't recall at all.