France's champagne makers tightly control exactly where producers can grow their grapes and the methods involved. They will stamp down quickly on efforts by others to steal their heritage and ...

The total number of Champagne shipments from France sank nearly 10% last year to 271 million bottles, marking the second consecutive year of declines as inflation-weary consumers cut back and a ...

PARIS — French champagne shipments fell by nearly 10% last year as economic and political uncertainties hit consumers’ appetite for the sparkling wine in key markets such as France and the ...

This glass is half empty. Champagne shipments from France have slumped for a second straight year as consumers are more closely minding their pocketbooks and the state of the world has put people ...

Within France, champagne sales declined 7% to 118 million bottles because the “domestic market is still suffering from the prevailing gloomy political and economic context,” according to a ...