Follow the Money: The Podcast

Bottled lies: Europe’s wine industry is tainted by fraud

Episode Summary

The bottle of wine on your dinner table might not be what it claims. Journalists Barnaby Eales and Dominique Mesmin took a deep dive into how fraudsters sold millions of litres of Spanish bulk wine, passing them off as more prestigious French labels. With climate change disrupting harvests, this kind of fraud may only become more common. Related stories ➪ https://www.ftm.eu/articles/as-climate-change-worsens-wine-frauds-seize-the-opportunity?share=IQJbSlF4axrHL4zkx6KxabYtZxS4Eutb6VDMgyzyW%2Fe6PUWjpgF0E0rOl7rPva0%3D Follow the podcast https://www.ftm.eu/podcast/follow-the-money-the-podcast Follow FTM on social media: Instagram ➪ https://www.instagram.com/followthemoney_eu/ BlueSky ➪ https://bsky.app/profile/ftm.eu LinkedIn ➪ https://www.linkedin.com/company/follow-the-money-eu/ Become a member and support independent investigative journalism! https://www.ftm.eu/subscribe