Cheating your own
In ruZZia they will start selling Belarusian wines under the guise of European brands after price increases.

Russian importers of alcohol began to supply products of the Minsk Grape Wine Factory to the country under names similar to Western brands. This follows from the data of the register of RusAccreditation, to which Kommersant drew the attention.

In particular, the alcohol distributor Wintrend Retail Group (VRG) received the right to import to Putinistan the products of the Minsk plant under the names "Grüner Veltliner", "Riesling" and "Glera Spumante Extra Dry", whose name is identical to Glera Spumante Extra Dry from the Italian winery Villa degli Olmi.

Another importer of alcohol, Alco Trade Logistic, received the right to import wines from the Minsk Airen "Tres Amigos" plant. The original Tres Amigos is produced in Spain by Garcia Carrion and DCOOP.

Imports of brands of the same name as European brands may grow, including due to the growth of restrictions on the supply of wine from abroad.

The Minsk plant copies European brands and takes advantage of the fact that consumers rarely pay attention to the label, says Pavel Shapkin, head of the Center for the Development of National Alcohol Policy.

At the same time, Belarus has never been famous for its winemaking. Brands bottled by the Minsk plant can be produced according to the practice of secondary winemaking, when wine material from a winery in a certain country is poured into tanks for transportation over long distances, and wine made this way is much cheaper.

Earlier, the government decided to increase the duty on the import of wine from "unfriendly" countries from the current already raised 20% to 25% from August 1, therefore alcohol importers are currently looking for cheap suppliers.

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@freerussia_report