Challenges mount for Champagne in 2020, says trade body chief
There are concerns about weaker overall demand in traditional markets and rising costs...
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'Fatal' frost hits Champagne vineyards
Growers under pressure after temperatures plunge...
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Champagne makers blame Brexit for lower 2016 sales
Weaker demand in UK hits volumes, show initial figures...
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Brexit blamed for lower Christmas Champagne orders
Sharp drop in October...
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Hail-hit French winemakers allowed to buy in grapes
Rule revived as winemakers reel from frost and hail...
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Champagne shortage looms after frost, rot and mildew
2016 has been one of the lowest yielding Champagne seasons since the 1980s...
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Champagne makers warm to Taittinger as French president
'He is exactly the type of person we need'...
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Suspected death threat sent to Burgundy winemaker
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UNESCO chief attends Champagne St Vincent festival
The director general of UNESCO has attended the 25th annual St Vincent festival in Champagne...
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Champagne sales 2015: Exports drive more growth
Global Champagne sales continued to increase in both volume and value in 2015, according to official estimates.
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New Champagne film offers 360 degree views of vineyards, cellars
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Champagne exports 'will overtake' French sales for first time in 2015
More Champagne will be shipped abroad than sold in France in 2015, according to the new head of the Comite Champagne, who also warned that houses and growers must 'actively fight climate change'.
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Veuve Clicquot distances itself from Champagne tablets
Veuve Clicquot has instructed lawyers to investigate a marketing hoax that used the group's branding to promote tablets that would supposedly dissolve in water to create Champagne.
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Small-scale Champagne growers under threat, says union president
The president of the Champagne growers union, Pascal Ferat, says he is concerned that many small-scale, family-owned producers could disappear in the next few years.
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French anti-alcohol lobby takes on wine trade in rare debate
The head of what is commonly termed France's anti-alcohol lobby, the ANPAA, has told an audience of Champagne growers that their wines are a potential health hazard.
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Mathieu Kauffmann resigns as Bollinger chef de cave
Mathieu Kauffmann, Bollinger’s chef de cave, has resigned for unspecified reasons.
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Champagne 2012 will be an 'exceptional' vintage
Champagne producers including Dom Perignon and Philipponnat have confirmed they will make a vintage in 2012.
