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Shipments to the United Kingdom rose 1.9% to 22.7 million bottles in 2025, ending four consecutive years of decline and pushing the UK back to the front rank of champagne's export markets.
The Comité Champagne's 2025 shipment review reports 266 million bottles sold globally — around 114 million in France, roughly 152 million on export markets.
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Read more →A chalk-rich ridge south of Épernay planted almost exclusively to Chardonnay, famous for the region's most precise blanc de blancs.
The commercial heart of Champagne, home to the Avenue de Champagne and a cluster of major houses at the threshold of the Côte des Blancs.
The largest city of the Champagne region, a historic centre for major houses and the gateway to the Montagne de Reims.
Champagne Knowledge
Read more →A small addition of liqueur d'expédition — typically a mixture of reserve wine and cane sugar — added after disgorgement to adjust the final sweetness of a champagne.
A champagne produced exclusively from grapes harvested in a single declared year. Typically released only in years considered exceptional by the producer.
A champagne category containing 0 to 3 g/L of residual sugar with no added dosage. Also labelled 'Zéro Dosage', 'Dosage Zéro' or 'Pas Dosé'.
