# A French winemaker who made and sold fake champagne has been sent to jail. Didier Chopin sold hundreds of thousands of bottles of fake champagne he made with wines from Spain and southern France, to which he added aromas and gas to make them sparkling. A court in Reims, the biggest city in the Champagne region, sentenced him to 18 months behind bars, with an additional 30 months suspended. His wife was handed a two-year suspended sentence on the same charges.
French winemaker sent to jail for making and selling fake champagne