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Prosecutors in eastern France on Wednesday requested a winemaker accused of producing and selling fake champagne in an elaborate scam be sentenced to four years in prison, with three years of the term ...

Dozens of bottles of Champagne from different brands lined up on the shelves of an Auchan hypermarket in Poitiers, France, on Aug. 19, 2025. . (Jean-Francois Fort / Hans Lucas via AFP) REIMS, France ...

On a special occasion, you want to break out a bottle of Champagne, but French officials decided to just break some Champagne. Officials in the country destroyed the nearly 35,000 bottles labeled as ...

The accused expressed regret over the scam - Copyright FDFA/AFP/File MARTIAL TREZZINI The accused expressed regret over the scam - Copyright FDFA/AFP/File MARTIAL ...

A French winemaker who made and sold thousands of bottles of fake champagne in an elaborate scam involving carbonating Spanish wine was jailed Tuesday. Didier Chopin, 56, was also barred from ever ...