Sparkling Wine

Spain's Cava Makers Seek Creative Fixes As Drought Threatens Grape Harvests

Vineyards across Catalonia's renowned Penedes cava-producing region are so parched that the roots of 30-year-old vines have died, leaving shrivelled red an...

Champagne Harvest Starts Early In France

Champagne grape pickers have had to start the harvest earlier this year, as climate change forces the makers of the French sparkling wine to rethink how th...

Henkell Freixenet Posts 11% Sales Growth In FY2021

Henkell Freixenet, the sparkling wine, wine, and spirits division of Geschwister Oetker Beteiligungen KG, increased its annual sales by 11% in 2021, to tot...

Italian Sparkling Wine Production Sets New Record

An estimated 900 million bottles of Italian sparkling wine were sold in 2021, with foreign sales up by 20%.

EU Reports First Drop In Sparkling Wine Exports In A Decade

The European Union's exports of sparkling wine to the rest of the world fell in 2020 for the first time in a decade, Eurostat data has revealed.

Italian Wine Sales in Retail Channel Up 9.7% In Value in 9M 2021

Sales of Italian wine and sparkling wine in the modern retail distribution channel grew 9.7% in value and 2% in volume in the first nine months of the year...

Russian Law On Bubbly No Cause For Competition: Abrau-Durso

Russian winemaker Abrau-Durso said a new law requiring bottles of French champagne and other foreign fizz to have a reference to 'sparkling wine' on the bo...

Moet Hennessy To Add Description Label To Champagne For Russia

The French champagne maker Moet Hennessy said it would begin adding the designation 'sparkling wine' to the back of bottles destined for Russia to comply w...

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Sparkling Wine

Spain's Cava Makers Seek Creative Fixes As Drought Threatens Grape Harvests

Champagne Harvest Starts Early In France

Henkell Freixenet Posts 11% Sales Growth In FY2021

Italian Sparkling Wine Production Sets New Record

EU Reports First Drop In Sparkling Wine Exports In A Decade

Italian Wine Sales in Retail Channel Up 9.7% In Value in 9M 2021

Russian Law On Bubbly No Cause For Competition: Abrau-Durso

Moet Hennessy To Add Description Label To Champagne For Russia

Wine Sales In Italy’s Retail Channel Up 8% By Volume

Henkell Freixenet Increases Sales In The DACH Region

Italian Sparkling Wine To Dominate Festive Season Sales: Report

UK Consumers Purchased £2.2bn Worth Of Sparkling Wine Last Year

Henkell-Freixenet Seeking 10% Of Global Sparkling Wine Market

Italy Becomes World’s Leading Sparkling Wine Producer, Study Finds

Tesco Forecasts Record Sales Of English Sparkling Wine This Christmas