Champagne producers apparently have a lot of concerns right now. The capriciousness of the weather (recent years have been too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry…), the reduction in the number of approved pesticides and the expected ban on chemical weed control in 2025.
Not everyone is prepared to remove the weeds mechanically.
Customers have become more environmentally conscious and demanding after Covid, says Emmanuel Fourny at the well-known Champagne Veuve Fourny et Fils. He believes that as a producer you must be able to explain to customers what you do and why you do it.
But the Champagne producers can be happy that sales of their products have soared at a furious pace. The figures at the end of September were 15% higher than in September 2019.
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