The Latest Breaking News from Champagne

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 Weekly · Jul 7, 2024

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

Cycling News · Jun 18, 2024

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

Cycling Weekly · Jun 17, 2024

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.

Fortune · Nov 12, 2023

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.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 22, 2023

Bad year for Italian grapes makes France the world's top wine producer

France is set to retake its title as the world's biggest wine-making country after mildew ravaged Italian vines. French vineyards also suffered from the fungus, but good weather in key wine regions including Champagne has helped keep overall production steady.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 17, 2023

8 of the best vineyards to visit in France, from Champagne to Alsace-Lorraine

Whether wetting your palette in Burgundy or savouring sips of rosé in Provence, here’s our pick of the bunch for French vineyards

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

France probes deaths of Champagne workers in heatwave

French authorities were on Thursday investigating the deaths of four people who were harvesting grapes in the famed Champagne region, as locals suspected they suffered sunstroke in unusually high outdoor temperatures.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 15, 2023

Champagne vinyards predict bumper year for 2023 as annual grape harvest begins

The 2023 grape harvest got underway in the Champagne region's Aube department at the weekend, with most vinyards expected to start the annual 'vendange' Thursday, as wine producers look set for a bumper year in terms of volume.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 4, 2023

Champagne is deeply French – but the English invented the bubbles

In 1889, the Syndicat du Commerce des Vins de Champagne produced a pamphlet promoting champagne at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, claiming that Dom Pérignon, procurator of the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers from 1668, was the “inventor”, “creator” or discoverer" of sparkling champagne.

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2023