Thursday, 29 May, 2025
The Drinks Business, Giles Fallowfield
Champagne shipments rose to both European markets and destinations outside the EU, where the three most important countries for Champagne are the US, the UK (post-Brexit) and Japan, the former up 13.5% and the latter rising by 12.2%. However, French domestic shipments dropped a further 7.8% underlining that demand is flatlining in the birth place of Champagne.
It’s significant that of the three supply sources for Champagne (the houses, the growers and the co-ops), it’s the last-named group that’s doing best in the current market, by some way. The co-ops saw their monthly shipments rise 13.8% overall in April, while their export shipments jumped 35.8%. The houses also saw some signs of recovery with the overall figure for April up 4.1%, and exports doing better with a 12.5% rise in the month.
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