WINE IMPORTERS FOR CHAMPAGNE

Actually, the Champagne business represents 2.1% of the total food/drink revenue in France and a 1/4 of the wine business.

In the domain of exports, the Champage are is also a champion. 13% of the total French commercial positive balance is provided by sales of Champagne wine with only 0.5% of total French exports. This is due to the fact that Champagne is in front in value compared to other drinks (cognac is bigger than Champagne with 9 billions export sales). Champagne represents 34% of wine export and 19% of alcohol export.

There are today 31 000 hectares planted in the Champagne appellation area. From the beginning of this century to the 60s, this surface was constant around 10 to 12 000 hectares.

In France, the vineyards area has a tendency to decrease for the last 10 years. It is noticed that the trend is inverted for the Champagne area. It is the same for other countries where planted surfaces increase without limits thanks to consumer demand. The decrease of French wine. planted surface is mainly due to lower quality wines. The “Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC)” have increased by 20 % (from 388 500 to 463 800 hectares).

There are stocked volumes in the cellars. In cellars there are at least 1 billion bottles which thanks to the proper storage will be on everybody’s table for the celebrations of the new millennium

These cellars are indeed very good to the formation of the bubbles and the wine maturation. These very long cellars of Champagne (some of them can be many miles long) are digged in the limestone, which has a regulating effect on the temperature. The temperature is constant between 8 and 12 Celsius degrees. A large part of these cellars were originally digged to get building material for the cities of the area (Gallo-roman period).

The “cuveries”, which all have been rebuild to meet hygiene conditions and modernity have grown from 0.3 billion litres to 0.5 billion litres today (667 millions bottles).

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