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3 days agoCould have been but it’s actually more than that: he produced fake champagne on purpose, using wines from Spain, carbonated it and added flavour packs. He then marketed it as champagne and even attempted to export it. Once caught, he fled to Morocco to start a new business.
Real Champagne actually follow a lot of rules besides the protected origin, it’s a blend of wines but it’s not supposed to be carbonated, and flavor balance is to be made only with specific liqueurs.
It’s not fat bikes in the general meaning of the word, it’s a specific type of electric fatbike that’s very present in the Netherlands and a bit too easy to “unlock”, politie is spending a lot of time and energy stopping and checking their lawfulness (i.e. limit to 25km/h, assistance only-no throttle).
Those so-called fatbikea are more like electric scooters, but they are sold as electric assistance bike, which is a very different category of vehicle with different requirements (typically a minimum age, need to be registered and, depending on the max speed, requires insurance and a helmet)