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Happy Drink In Sad Times: Champagne-Makers Gather Pandemic Harvest

Winemakers in France's Champagne region are this week gathering a bumper grape harvest, but there is a bitter aftertaste: the slump in demand for bubbly ca...

Champagne Sales Sink In A World With Little To Celebrate

Global champagne sales are forecast to slump by a third, or 100 million bottles, this year as the coronavirus crisis shuts bars and restaurants worldwide a...

Consumers Still Consume More Sparkling Wine Than Champagne

The consumption frequency of sparkling wine continues to be ahead of champagne, although the gap is narrowing, with the consumption frequency of sparkling...

French Champagne Makers See Stars Aligned For Record Harvest

In the hilly region of Champagne in eastern France, winegrowers are bringing in grapes early this year for a harvest they expect to be one of the best in a...

Excise Duty Makes Sparking Wines Prohibitive, Says Wine Importer

The excise duty makes the cost of very good, but relatively inexpensive sparkling wines, prohibitive in Ireland, Neal Cassidy, managing director of Cassidy...

Champagne And Sparkling Wine Consumption Decreases