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02 September 2025
Incidents & Legal Affairs
Two major legal cases have shed light on abuses within the French wine industry.In September 2025, the owner of Didier Chopin was sentenced to four years in prison for producing up to 1.8 million bottles of counterfeit Champagne, using legitimately obtained medal stickers and affixing them to fraudulent bottles.Meanwhile, Ginestet, a Bordeaux wine merchant, was fined 100,000 euros for shipping 250,000 bottles to Japan bearing claims of 66 medals won...
Read more...14 July 2025
Incidents & Legal Affairs
Stephen Burton, founder of Bordeaux Cellars, pleaded guilty in a federal court in New York to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering.Together with his partner James Wellesley, the two men raised $99.4 million from more than 140 investors worldwide, promising returns based on loans secured by fine collectible wines.The reality: most of the wines supposedly serving as collateral never existed.The victims, located in the United States, the United Kingdom,...
Read more...10 February 2024
Incidents & Legal Affairs
One of the most famous French restaurant La Tour D'Argent is one of the most famous restaurants in France, Michelin starred known for its specialty Le Canard Pressé, with its restaurant offering a spectacular view of Notre Dame de Paris and counting in his cellar more than 300,000 bottles of wine, just to note the disappearance of several bottles of rare wines approximately 83 bottles have disappeared for a total...
Read more...25 January 2023
Incidents & Legal Affairs
The Bordeaux court has just dismissed Château Petrus against the Coureau brothers, owners of the CGM company which marketed Petrus Lambertini. The Court rejects the appeal of Château Petrus and confirms the absence of misleading commercial practice. The dispute dates back more than eight years. It all started when Stéphane Coureau, director of the CGM company with his brother, wine merchant and producer in Saint-Savin in the Bordeaux vineyards, decided...
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