Georges Duboeuf, the father of Beaujolais Nouveau, faces a £130,000 fine for allegedly tampering with 300,000 bottles of wine, reports the online edition of Decanter magazine.
Duboeuf appeared in court to deny the accusations of "fraud and attempted fraud concerning the origin and quality of wines." 

As reported on Decanter.com last August, Duboeuf is being investigated by French authorities for incorrectly labelling and blending 225,000 litres of wine. This was done, according to the prosecution, to make up for an inconsistent harvest in 2004.

Duboeuf claims human error led to a mix-up during the grape sorting and that none of the wine affected ever went on sale.

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