As volumes dip and values rise, Giles Fallowfield looks at the potential for prestige and vintage Champagne For the Champenois, faced with massively…
As volumes dip and values rise, Giles Fallowfield looks at the potential for prestige and vintage Champagne For the Champenois, faced with massively…
Champagne shipments dropped 1.5% to 304 million bottles in 2013, but the generic body called it a “satisfactory result” amid difficult economic conditions in Europe. Growth came from markets outside Europe, where exports to the likes of the USA, Japan and emerging markets grew 3.2% to 63 million bottles. Domestic shipments dipped 2.3% while exports to the rest of Europe suffered the sharpest decline –…