Fake medals and real profits: Europe’s wine award system under scrutiny
Shorouk Express “Wine medal stickers were important tools used to attract clients, especially in export markets. Chopin obtained the stickers for genuine Champagne in 2022, but he continued to use the same medals on fake bottles he made the following year,” says Ludivine Jeanmingin, a former manager at the disgraced Champagne house Didier Chopin, who blew the whistle on the company. …
