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France's Champagne Output Set To Crash 48% As Harvest Crisis, Sliding Chinese Demand Batter Vineyards
France's Champagne Output Set To Crash 48% As Harvest Crisis, Sliding Chinese Demand Batter Vineyards
A perfect storm of sliding demand, shrinking vineyard acreage, and weather-damaged yields has sent France's Champagne output forecast for this year plunging.
Bloomberg cites new data from the Agriculture Ministry showing that Champagne output is projected to plunge 48% from 2025 to 1.34 million hectoliters. The estimate is based on the latest figures through Sept. 1.
The ministry also said that nationwide wine production is expected to fall 6% to 34 million hectoliters, putting the harvest...
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