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Stellar Louis Vuitton Growth Powers Strong Rebound At LVMH

Surging sales at Louis Vuitton and Dior powered a strong rebound at French luxury group LVMH in the first part of 2021, as thriving demand in Asia and the...

LVMH's Moet Hennessy Buys In To Rap Star Jay-Z's Champagne Brand

LVMH's Moet Hennessy is buying a 50% stake in rap star Jay-Z's Armand de Brignac champagne brand, the latest luxury brand to try to broaden its appeal with...

Champagne Loses Its Fizz As Pandemic Hits Sales

Champagne fell flat last year, with sales tumbling as the pandemic forced drinking venues to close and celebratory events were put on ice, although so...

Britons Pop The Fizz To See Off COVID Blues

More Britons than ever are splashing out on champagne to help them through the coronavirus crisis. Three of Britain's top five supermarket groups - No....

Rémy Cointreau Acquires Majority Stake In Champagne J.de Telmont

Rémy Cointreau has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Champagne J.de Telmont, owned by the Lhopital family. The deal includes bra...

French Wine Production To Bounce Back From Poor 2019

French wine production will rise to 45 million hectolitres this year, up 6% on 2019, when output suffered from harsh weather conditions, the country's agri...

Happy Drink In Sad Times: Champagne-Makers Gather Pandemic Harvest

Winemakers in France's Champagne region are this week gathering a bumper grape harvest, but there is a bitter aftertaste: the slump in demand for...

Grape Harvest Cut As Pandemic Crushes Bubbly Sales: CIVC

France's champagne makers reached a last-minute agreement to cut the volume of grapes they will harvest this year by more than a fifth as they try to cope...