PARIS: The latest in a long line of French wine scandals is being investigated amid claims that more than half a million bottles of fake red have been sold around the world as top-class claret.
Customs authorities in France have begun an investigation into the alleged sale of the fake Bordeaux — using false Pomerol, Margaux and Pauillac labels — to key distributors.
The inquiry is believed to involve the alleged relabelling of 420,000 litres of bulk wine from the Languedoc region.
The authorities believe that an agent in Bordeaux laid a false trail for the wine, which is equivalent in volume to 560,000 standard bottles, using electronic documents that made it untraceable.
