Current predictions say that the industry’s 2021 turnover should exceed €5.5 billion for 315 million bottles, surpassing the record of €5 billion reached in 2019, Jean-Marie Barillère, co-president of the Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC), told AFP..
“The pandemic has led to new modes of consumption and everything linked to conviviality in the home, such as champagne, is experiencing a very positive trend,” he added.