Favourable weather has improved the quality of champagne grapes this year, producers have said, providing some good news at a time of fading demand for the French sparkling wine.
In July, the industry decided to cut this year’s grape harvest by 10 per cent, capping it at 9,000 kilograms per hectare, after a 12 per cent cut the previous year.
The reductions were aimed at addressing falling demand amid a
