Total champagne shipments in 2015 are up 1.7% on 2014, to 312,531,444, bottles, the highest volume figure recorded since 2011, according to the CIVC (Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne).

Tourist figures in Champagne are up 15% on last year as a result of the ‘UNESCO World Heritage effect’, according to the president of the Associations Paysages du Champagne. 

The Champagne Bureau has announced that Tim Hall is the 2013 UK Champagne Ambassador.

Next up in our series of World's 50 Best Bars spin-off articles we examine the world's best Champagne bars. 

The Chinese government has officially recognised Champagne as a protected geographical indication.

Champagne regains fizz

16 March, 2012

The Champagne Bureau has reported increased shipments in 2011. Total shipments worldwide rose from 319.5 million bottles in 2010 to 323 million in 2011.

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