Etre coupable! French Convicted of Selling Fake Pinot to Gallo

Dear Client: The news agency AFP just reported a French judge just "handed out suspended jail terms and hefty fines to 12 wine industry figures for selling millions of bottles of fake pinot noir to US wine giant E&J Gallo." The wine was sold under Gallo's Red Bicyclette pinot noir label, though "made from far less expensive grape varieties." Some $7 million in profits was generated by the scam, which ran from 2006 to 2008 and saw 18 million bottles