Drinkers warned over counterfeit Shardonnay

Drinkers are being warned to look out for "Shardonnay" after counterfeiters flooded the market with fake wine.

Trading Standards said they had found thousands of bottles of fake Jacob's Creek wine. The misspelled labels offer "Wine of Austrlia", tell people to "Drink Responsibily" and point them to the "Drinkoware" website.

The wine is believed to have been produced in Eastern Europe and smuggled to the UK, where it is sold to off-licences for £2 a bottle and sells for around £6.

This year Islington council has prosecuted 40 businesses for selling fake goods or evading tax. Its licensing committee heard how nearly 16 litres of spirits, 111 bottles of fake wine and three bottles of Bollinger - all fakes - were found at a Costcutter in Caledonian Road.