Can Champagne Shrink?
Vineyard area in France is shrinking. Could that happen in Champagne?
France’s vineyard area is shrinking. After two uprooting programmes, Bordeaux is the smallest it has been since 1985. The Languedoc is pulling up 60,000-100,000 hectares - an area over double the entire size of Champagne - under the same nationally-organised programme. Is Champagne immune?
No…and yes. It seems simple; we drink less, we need fewer viney…
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