An artificially aged label was among the clues that a pricey magnum of French wine sold by celebrity chef Charlie Trotter last year was a fake, a wine expert involved in the case said Friday.

Douglass Fake, founder of leading movie soundtrack label Intrada and producer of more than 700 albums of movie and TV music, died Saturday at a Richmond, Calif., hospital after a long illness.

The UNC Mini Mart — a scientific lab made to look uncannily like a real store — allows researchers to empirically test how labels and store placement impact how people buy food.