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France’s record heatwave pushes champagne alcohol levels to historic high

France’s record-breaking summer heat has forced champagne producers to contend with unusually high sugar levels in grapes, forcing authorities to allow alcohol content of up to 15 percent in the region’s sparkling wine for the first time. Champagne is usually capped at 13 percent.

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Heat forces French champagne makers to stiffen their drink

Drinking this year's champagne might give you a heftier headache as France's record heatwaves are forcing some producers to up the alcohol levels, industry officials said Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Champagne growers race against time as heatwaves force earliest harvest ever

Beginning the harvest at this time of year was once nearly unthinkable

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Since 1980s, Champagne has been facing climate change threat. Here's how global warming is impacting France's iconic drink

Champagne is a historic region in northeastern France, best known worldwide for the sparkling wine that bears its name. The region centers on important cities such as Reims

The Economic Times

Wine expert reveals the best supermarket Champagne alternative for just £12.99

Becky Paskin shares the budget bottle for late summer celebrations

Evening Standard

Champagne, Comté and croissants in the crossfire of climate change, experts warn

France's June heatwave saw temperatures in Paris hit 41C, the same average as Dubai. Experts now say that, in order to adapt to climate change, the country will have difficult choices to make when it comes to its famed lifestyle.

Radio France Internationale

Tour de France 2028 to shift to June start with Champagne on the menu in home Grand Départ

Expect a calendar shuffling in 2028 as early Olympic events push cycling's main event

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Glass warfare: Why it no longer pays to be a champagne snob

IN FOCUS: As France’s biggest champagne houses argue over pricing and prestige, British drinkers have already moved on – embracing Aldi’s award-winning champagne and a world-beating English fizz, writes Hannah Twiggs

The Independent UK

Best Champagne to pop at midnight from supermarket brands and luxury houses

The countdown is on for the best Champagne to ring in the New Year

Evening Standard

This laidback wine region is Italy’s affordable answer to Champagne

Producing Italy’s most premium sparkling wines, Franciacorta in Lombardy offers a more informal – yet no less charming – alternative to France’s historic provinces, as Kate Wickers discovers

The Independent UK

Experts share top champagnes and sparkling wines to buy in the supermarket

From award-winning Aldi to Co-op bottles of fizz, these are the bargain bottles to try

The Independent UK

Traffickers jailed for up to four years for abusing champagne grape pickers

Three people were jailed on Monday for human trafficking after subjecting migrants from Africa to long working days and then housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest in the Champagne region of north-eastern France.

Radio France Internationale

France Jails Three In Champagne 'Slaves' Case

A French court on Monday jailed three people for human trafficking in the champagne industry, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions.

International Business Times

French Champagne Makers Face Prison In Human Trafficking Trial

French prosecutors have requested two years behind bars for an employer in the champagne sector accused of human trafficking, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest.

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Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking

Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’

Radio France Internationale

Champagne bosses on trial over abuse of African grape pickers

Three people and two companies went on trial in France on Thursday accused of forcing dozens of African migrants to live and work in squalid conditions during last year’s grape harvest in the Champagne region.

The Independent UK

Decorated 2,300-year-old Celtic sword with swastikas unearthed in France

Necropolis can be compared to well-known sites in Champagne, researchers say

International Business Times

'Everyone Worried' By Trump Tariffs In France's Champagne Region

With the United States the largest export market for champagne, producers of France's leading sparkling wine had little to celebrate on Thursday about facing an additional 20 percent tariff, although they held out hope for negotiations.

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The Independent UK

Why it’s time to stop under-estimating South African wine

For too long, South African wine has been dismissed as a supermarket bargain rather than a fine wine contender. But as Hannah Twiggs discovers, with world-class terroir, a deep winemaking history and producers crafting bottles that can rival Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne, it’s time for UK drinkers to take it…

The Guardian - UK

Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers

A Guardian investigation finds an underpaid, underfed workforce, some of whom are forced to sleep on the streets, exploited by a system of labour providers

Evening Standard

Why Domaine Evremond is about to be your new favourite English sparkling wine

Douglas Blyde witnesses the unveiling of Domaine Evremond — a symbolic and commercial project between two nations, spearheaded by one of the most celebrated names in Champagne

Radio France Internationale

French champagne house Taittinger gives its backing to British bubbly

Far from its native Champagne, prestigious French winemaker Taittinger inaugurated a new vineyard in south-east England this week, where climate change is making it increasingly easy to grow grapes.

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Taste the trilogy of Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Champagnes

Moët & Chandon presents ’A Tale of Sublimation’, a trilogy of Grand Vintage Champagnes which represents the journey of harvesting and growing of the grapes, and the declaration of vintage status

Autosport

How spraying champagne became a tradition on the F1 podium

An explanation of how spraying champagne became a popular tradition in Formula 1

Cycling Weekly

The Tour's left-field turn: sampling stage nine of the Tour de France

Stage nine of the Tour de France, taking place on Sunday 7 July, features 32km on the white roads of the Champagne region. Steve Shrubsall grabs his gravel bike to sample what lies in wait for the peloton

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