Global volumes of champagne sales reached 266 million bottles in 2025 which indicated a drop of 2% on the previous year.

Champagne is waking from its slumber in the vineyards of complacency but more needs to be done to claw back sales from other sparkling wines, according to Spiros Malandrakis of Euromonitor International. 

Champagne sales to the UK were down 5.1% in volume and 3.8% in value last year.

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