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Best Champagne to pop at midnight from supermarket brands and luxury houses

The countdown is on for the best Champagne to ring in the New Year

Evening Standard

This laidback wine region is Italy’s affordable answer to Champagne

Producing Italy’s most premium sparkling wines, Franciacorta in Lombardy offers a more informal – yet no less charming – alternative to France’s historic provinces, as Kate Wickers discovers

The Independent UK

Experts reveal the best supermarket champagne and sparkling wine for all celebrations

From award-winning Aldi to Co-op bottles of fizz, these are the bargain bottles to try

The Independent UK

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Traffickers jailed for up to four years for abusing champagne grape pickers

Three people were jailed on Monday for human trafficking after subjecting migrants from Africa to long working days and then housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest in the Champagne region of north-eastern France.

Radio France Internationale

France Jails Three In Champagne 'Slaves' Case

A French court on Monday jailed three people for human trafficking in the champagne industry, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions.

International Business Times

French Champagne Makers Face Prison In Human Trafficking Trial

French prosecutors have requested two years behind bars for an employer in the champagne sector accused of human trafficking, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest.

International Business Times

Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking

Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’

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Champagne bosses on trial over abuse of African grape pickers

Three people and two companies went on trial in France on Thursday accused of forcing dozens of African migrants to live and work in squalid conditions during last year’s grape harvest in the Champagne region.

Radio France Internationale

Decorated 2,300-year-old Celtic sword with swastikas unearthed in France

Necropolis can be compared to well-known sites in Champagne, researchers say

The Independent UK

'Everyone Worried' By Trump Tariffs In France's Champagne Region

With the United States the largest export market for champagne, producers of France's leading sparkling wine had little to celebrate on Thursday about facing an additional 20 percent tariff, although they held out hope for negotiations.

International Business Times

Why it’s time to stop under-estimating South African wine

For too long, South African wine has been dismissed as a supermarket bargain rather than a fine wine contender. But as Hannah Twiggs discovers, with world-class terroir, a deep winemaking history and producers crafting bottles that can rival Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne, it’s time for UK drinkers to take it…

The Independent UK

Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers

A Guardian investigation finds an underpaid, underfed workforce, some of whom are forced to sleep on the streets, exploited by a system of labour providers

The Guardian - UK

Why Domaine Evremond is about to be your new favourite English sparkling wine

Douglas Blyde witnesses the unveiling of Domaine Evremond — a symbolic and commercial project between two nations, spearheaded by one of the most celebrated names in Champagne

Evening Standard

French champagne house Taittinger gives its backing to British bubbly

Far from its native Champagne, prestigious French winemaker Taittinger inaugurated a new vineyard in south-east England this week, where climate change is making it increasingly easy to grow grapes.

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Taste the trilogy of Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Champagnes

Moët & Chandon presents ’A Tale of Sublimation’, a trilogy of Grand Vintage Champagnes which represents the journey of harvesting and growing of the grapes, and the declaration of vintage status

Autosport

How spraying champagne became a tradition on the F1 podium

An explanation of how spraying champagne became a popular tradition in Formula 1

Cycling Weekly

The Tour's left-field turn: sampling stage nine of the Tour de France

Stage nine of the Tour de France, taking place on Sunday 7 July, features 32km on the white roads of the Champagne region. Steve Shrubsall grabs his gravel bike to sample what lies in wait for the peloton

Cycling News

Tour de Suisse Women: Demi Vollering seals overall victory with thrilling stage 4 win

Longo Borghini second, Bradbury third after Canyon SRAM light up finale into Champagne

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Cycling Weekly

Neve Bradbury takes first pro victory in Canyon-Sram one-two on stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse

Australian breaks away with team-mate Kasia Niewiadoma, who happily gifts win in Champagne

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The new Krug winery in the Champagne heartland connects process and nature

AW2 Architects’ design for the Krug winery encapsulates the part rural, part urban landscape of the French winemaking region of Ambonnay

Newcastle Herald

'Something unique': Stephane Pommier's French vineyard adventure

Tour the vineyards and villages of Champagne and Burgundy.

The Guardian - UK

Hops from Bavaria, barley from Champagne, soft pure water: the alchemy of one of Italy’s finest beers

Tucked into the foothills of the Italian Alps, the town of Biella benefits from a unique geography, and proximity to quality ingredients that make it an ideal place for beer-making – no wonder it’s home to one of Italy’s oldest premium brewers

Fashion Times

Stella McCartney Continues to Find New Ways to Strengthen Its Commitment to Sustainability and Style

Stella McCartney teams up with Veuve Clicquot to create a vegan alternative to animal leather using the byproduct of the champagne maker's harvest.

Fortune

British Champagne? The U.K.’s wine industry is an unlikely winner as its European peers reel from extreme weather

Bottles of wine produced in the U.K. is set to double in the next 10 years as the industry flourishes.

Radio France Internationale

Migrant workers describe squalor and exploitation on Champagne vineyards

Authorities in France's Champagne region are investigating conditions on its famed vineyards after seasonal workers were found to be lodged in squalid accommodation. Now preparing to testify against their former employer, labourers told RFI about their gruelling experiences picking some of the world's most expensive grapes.

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