In 2018 according to some estimates, around 4.6 million bottles of Spanish rosé wine made their way into French cafes, hotels, and restaurants disguised as original French rosé wine. The law enforcement agencies and wine industry officials could not do much as the two wine types could not be told apart in packaging and taste. The suspected counterfeiting in the French wine industry was particularly upsetting for wine growers who were looking on helplessly as their income dropped.
