Record sales for Champagne in 2022

Shipments of bottles of champagne should exceed those of 2021, already distinguished as an exceptional year.

This year, champagne is on a roll! Its exports are on track to exceed last year’s by 5%. The Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC) expects more than 330 million bottles sold worldwide in 2022.

These forecasts are close to the record set in 2007, during which nearly 338 million bottles were sold. Exports will thus represent more than half of the sector’s sales. This increase in sales comes in a difficult context of confinements, droughts, frost and embargoes towards Russia. The price of bottles has also increased between 5 and 10% depending on the producer, to compensate for the increase in prices of raw materials, glass, transport and packaging.

However, this increase has not discouraged foreign buyers, who are delighted with this flagship product of French luxury. The United States is at the top of the list. French champagne lovers, they are also favored by the euro-dollar ratio. In Europe, producers have also sold well, especially in Germany and Belgium.

David Chatillon, president of the Union of Champagne Houses (UMC), is pleased with these results: “Our three main markets, the United States, Great Britain and Japan, are doing very well, as are the other European destinations,” he told Reuters.

Next year, the industry will face major challenges in terms of employment, with difficulties in recruiting harvesters. It has also set ecological objectives to reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2050. Finally, it will be necessary to think about the price increase, which could slow down many buyers.

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Hélène Cougot

Passionnée depuis son plus jeune âge par l’art et la mode, Hélène s’oriente vers une école de stylisme, l’Atelier Chardon-Savard à Paris, avec une option Communication. Afin d’ajouter des cordes à son arc, elle décide de compléter sa formation par un MBA en Management du Luxe et Marketing Expérientiel à l’Institut Supérieur de Gestion à Paris dont elle sort diplômée en 2020. Elle a notamment écrit des articles lifestyle et beauté pour le magazine Do it in Paris et se spécialise en rédaction d’articles concernant le luxe, l’art et la mode au sein du magazine Luxus Plus.********** [EN] Passionate about art and fashion from a young age, Hélène went to a fashion design school, Atelier Chardon-Savard in Paris, with a Communication option. In order to add more strings to her bow, she decided to complete her education with an MBA in Luxury Management and Experiential Marketing at the Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris from which she graduated in 2020. She has written lifestyle and beauty articles for Do it in Paris magazine and specializes in writing articles about luxury, art and fashion for Luxus Plus magazine.