In the early days of 'cleanskin' wines I was a supporter of the concept where winemakers had the opportunity to move along overstocks and other surplus to requirement wines without having to go to the expense of producing labels, capsules and printed cartons. I did this because, being in the industry I generally had an idea of the provenance of the wines and trusted the 'blurb' that companies used to promote the product.
Unfortunately, 'cleanskins' proved to be popular and wine producers began deliberately producing low quality and cheaply made wine to match the cheap price points. The wines were no longer 'failed export orders' or surplus stock of high input wines.
Caveat emptor.*
* Let the buyer beware - for those who didn't make the P classes at school.
Yawn.
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