Champagne Sales Set for Record Year

Champagne sales are set for a record year, driven by solid demand from export markets, favorable currencies and stabilizing sales in France, the fizzy drink's home market. Industry estimates gathered by Reuters showed that about 312 million bottles of the prestige sparkling wine will have been dispatched in 2015, a rise of between 2 and 3 percent from 2014. Revenue has risen 4.4 percent to 4.7 billion euros in 2015. In 2007, the record year so far, revenues reached 4.56 billion...

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