Champagne

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...

Grape Harvest Cut As Pandemic Crushes Bubbly Sales: CIVC

France's champagne makers reached a last-minute agreement to cut the volume of grapes they will harvest this year by more than a fifth as they try to cope...

World's Top Drinks Firms Face Significant Loss To Brand Value, Study Finds

The world's leading beer, spirits, wine and champagne brands could collectively lose up to $33 billion (€28 billion) worth of brand value as a result...

Hail, High Water And Lockdown: Europe's Fruit Growers Prepare For Tough Harvest

Europe's been eating more fruit under lockdown, by all accounts. The problem is, it could struggle to find people to pick it. The region's growers are p...

Rémy Cointreau In Negotiations To Acquire Majority Stake In Maison de Champagne J. de Telmont

Rémy Cointreau has announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with the Lhopital family to acquire a majority stake in the capital of...

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...

LVMH Champagne Maisons Expect 'Promising' Harvests For 2019

Champagne houses of the LVMH group are hoping for a 'promising' harvest this year, with the grape harvest season officially kicking off on 9 September....