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Wine and Food Pairing: 10 Secrets to Enhancing Your Dishes with White Wine and Champagne
Wine and Food Pairing: 10 Secrets to Enhancing Your Dishes with White Wine and Champagne
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Les accords mets et vins sont un art subtil qui, lorsqu'il est bien maîtrisé, permet d'enrichir profondément...

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Champagne vs Italian Wines : Two Worlds of Bubbles and Emotions to Discover
Champagne vs Italian Wines : Two Worlds of Bubbles and Emotions to Discover
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In the world of wine, there are few comparisons as fascinating as that between champagne and Italian wines. On one...

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The perfect glass for champagne: between aesthetics and sensory experience
The perfect glass for champagne: between aesthetics and sensory experience
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Champagne is more than just a sparkling wine, it's a symbol of elegance, celebration and refinement. Yet many people...

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How to recognize a good champagne? The essential criteria
How to recognize a good champagne? The essential criteria
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Champagne is synonymous with celebration and excellence, but not all champagnes are created equal. Some are real...

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Champagne: A Sparkling Treasure Appreciated in Switzerland
Champagne: A Sparkling Treasure Appreciated in Switzerland
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Le champagne est une boisson synonyme de célébration et de raffinement. En Suisse, la culture du vin est très...

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The Champagne economy in key figures

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The human factor

16,100 winegrowers
360 houses

Grape varieties

Pinot noir 38%
Meunier 31%
Chardonnay 30

Harvesting

301.9 million bottles
or 10,300 kg/hectare

Production area

33,821 hectares of which:
24,033 in Marne
7,235 in Aube and Haute-Marne
2,553 in Aisne and Seine-et-Marne

Le Stock

1,437 million bottles
(including reserve At 31/07/2019 )

Sales figures

5.0 billion euros
of which 3.0 for export

Expeditions

France

141,594,046 bottles (48%) of which :

78,983,870 by Champagne houses (56%)

62,610,176 by growers and cooperatives (44%)

Export

155,967,850 bottles (52%) of which :

135,803,435 by Champagne houses (87%)

20,164,415 by growers and cooperatives (13%)

Total

297,561,896 bottles :

214,787,305 by Champagne Houses (72%)

82,774,591 by growers and cooperatives (28%)

Top 10 Outdoor Markets

1. United Kingdom
26 996 415

2. United States
25 677 389

3. Japan
14 303 643

4. Germany
11,649,724

5. Belgium
9 164 010

6. Italy
8 329 575

7. Australia
7,655,393

8. Switzerland
5 422 351

9. Spain
4 313 144

10. Sweden
3,250,609

Data taken from Comité de Champagne, 2019 figures