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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...

France Sells More Wheat And Barley To China Despite Poor Harvest

Brisk Chinese demand for French wheat and barley is continuing this season as a grain import drive by China and its trade clash with Australia provide a we...

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...

Ice Cream Maker Ben and Jerry's Turns Fire On UK Migration Rhetoric

The British government has become embroiled in an unlikely row with ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's over its approach to migrants arriving by boat from Fra...

Carrefour Group Donates 40 Tonnes Of Food To Help Lebanon

Carrefour Group has announced that it has donated 40 tonnes of food to help Lebanon after an explosion in its main grain silo in Beirut left the natio...

Grape Expectations As France Forecasts More Wine To Flow In 2020

French wine production is likely to rise this year and harvesting could start early after warm weather, the country's farm ministry forecast, just as Italy...

EU Wheat Harvest Focus Turns To Germany After Poor French Crop

The end of the soft wheat harvest in France has confirmed disappointing production in the European Union's biggest grower, with attention turning to German...

Glass Half Empty: Italy, France Seek Wine Output Cut To Prop Up Prices

Leading producers Italy and France are looking to slash premium wine output from the upcoming harvest to shore up prices after the coronavirus pandemic ham...