champagne

Food and Drink

Little reason for cheer as drought forces Spain to ration Cava wine

Sales of cava, the Spanish sparkling wine, are down globally thanks to bad weather affecting vineyards but industry leaders have a plan to reverse their flagging fortunes.

23/12/2024

Destinations

Reims, Brescia, Girona: Top destinations to beat the crowds

Expedia has released its best alternative destinations and three are in Europe.

17/10/2024

Culture news

Still toast-worthy? 19th-century Champagne found in Baltic Sea

The ancient ship was found loaded “to the brim” with luxury goods including porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral water.

31/07/2024

Business

Champagne makers vote for smaller harvests as sales lose their fizz

Champagne producers have also come under pressure in recent weeks, following China's decision to impose tariffs on the import of luxury goods from the EU.

20/07/2024

Food and Drink

French police recover €600,000 of stolen champagne in dramatic chase

The thieves stole two champagne-filled lorries from a Reims-based company, triggering a high-speed pursuit on the A4 motorway towards Paris.

13/11/2023

Food and Drink

Belgium destroys US beer over 'Champagne of Beers' slogan

Belgian customs crushed over 2,000 cans of Miller High Life after Champagne producers complained about the beer's slogan: "The Champagne of Beers".

24/04/2023

Culture news

Leave your hat on: Britain's Jockey Club removes formal dress code

And they're off! But not perhaps in the way you were thinking. Britain's Jockey Club jumps to make the often exclusively rich sport of horseracing more accessible by ending dress code requirement.

02/02/2023

Food and Drink

French billionaire François Pinault takes over Champagne Jacquesson

François Pinault, a French billionaire and owner of the luxury group Kering, has acquired Champagne Jacquesson, a small, prestigious champagne producer known for its high-quality sparkling wines

05/01/2023

United Kingdom

UK to unseat Champagne wine due to climate change: Study

Climate change could see the UK usurping the major wine growing regions of Champagne and Burgundy in France, a new study claimed.

14/08/2022

Food and Drink

Which champagne will your favourite stars be drinking at the Oscars?

Apparently, Brad Pitt swears by it...

25/03/2022

Food and Drink

Five things to do with leftover champagne (other than drink it)

While the idea of leftover fizz might sounds ridiculous, it does happen - and for when you're too hungover to drink it, here are some suggestions for its more creative uses.

01/01/2022

Food and Drink

English sparkling wine production gaining in POP-ularity

Step aside, Champagne — English sparkling wine is having a boom, with sales having increased and demand going up.

28/12/2021

Culture news

Russia and France extend Champagne label row into 2022

Since July 2, a modification of the Russian law obliges the distributors of champagne to exchange the prestigious title of "champagne" for that of "sparkling wine" on the label of the bottles written in Cyrillic.

26/10/2021

France

France to resume champagne exports to Russia as talks bid falls flat

Exports stopped because a new law in Russia meant French producers had to remove "champagne" from their bottles and replace it with "sparkling wine".

13/09/2021

Culture news

EU court backs Champagne makers in 'champanillo' name protection case

The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice said it is up to the Barcelona Provincial Court, which had requested the ECJ to interpret EU law, to decide on the matter. But it made clear that protective designations of origins cover “both products and services.”

09/09/2021

World News

Uproar in Champagne over Russian law requiring sparkling wine label

A new Russian law requires French champagne to be labelled "sparkling wine".

06/07/2021

USA

The first Biden effect? A champagne rush in Washington DC

Champagne and Californian sparkling wines have been flying of the shelves in the US' capital city,

09/11/2020

France

Fizzling out: Champagne sales down as coronavirus pandemic rumbles on

The bubbly stuff is often used as a barometer of global crises.

14/10/2020

France

French producers come to an agreement to save champagne

After an unsuccessful meeting last month, vineyards and champagne houses agreed to limit 2020's yield in order to curb COVID-19 crisis' damage to the industry.

19/08/2020

France

COVID-19 knocks down champagne sales by an estimated €1.7 billion

Producers in France's eastern Champagne region say they've lost an estimated €1.7 billion in sales for this year due to COVID-19 lockdown measures.

31/07/2020