{"id":15432,"date":"2024-08-06T15:55:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=15432"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:01:27","slug":"item_6_953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_6_953\/","title":{"rendered":"French Cr\u00e9mant sales grow as Champagne slows down"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15432\" class=\"elementor elementor-15432\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Posted: Tuesday, 06 August 2024 16:20<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9669605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9669605\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62f3ec\" data-id=\"b62f3ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e78f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e78f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h1 class=\"articlepagetitle_heading\">French Cr\u00e9mant sales grow as Champagne slows down<\/h1>\n<div class=\"articlepageintroline\">August 06, 2024: Champagne sales are declining with 299m bottles of Champagne sold in 2023 registering a decrease of 8.2% compared to the previous year, while the sales of French Cr\u00e9mant which have been going up for the last 10 years, increased by 5.7% in the same period, according to the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Nationale des Producteurs et \u00c9laborateurs de Cr\u00e9mant (FNPEC). Subhash Arora reports<\/div>\n<div class=\"articledata\"><figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15435\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-300x161.png\" alt=\"Pic Credit- Glass of Bubbly\" width=\"400\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pic Credit- Glass of Bubbly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The growth in sales of Cr\u00e9mant is part of a long-term trend temporarily interrupted briefly by Covid-19 in 2020, the increase being both in the domestic French market (60%) and exports (40%). The average price per bottle increased in all markets, regardless of the appellation of origin. The total sales of 108m bottles was still only about a third of the sales of Champagne which rules the sparkling wine industry, despite much higher prices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cr\u00e9mant has experienced a decade of growth and has become firmly established in people&#8217;s consumption habits, both in France and internationally. The 2023 harvest marks our best ever, totaling 1.03m hL&#8221; says <strong>Dominique Furlan<\/strong>, Vice President of FNPEC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cr\u00e9mant<\/strong> <strong>vs. Champagne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In layman\u2019s terms Cr\u00e9mant is \u2018champagne\u2019 produced outside the Champagne region, with a few other restrictions in terms of the process and grapes. Every sparkling wine is not Champagne but the \u2018champagne\u2019 produced outside Champagne, following the specifications of the appellation is termed as Cr\u00e9mant even though the same traditional method (M\u00e9thode Champenoise) &#8211; second fermentation in the bottle, is followed. Incidentally, no producer outside Champagne, including the Cr\u00e9mant producers may use this term; Traditional Method is what is used universally.<\/p>\n<p>Selling at around \u20ac8-10 their price is usually less than half to a third of Champagne and that\u2019s why their sales have been growing steadily. Champagne prices have been rising significantly, thanks to the strong association of Champagne producers- Le Comit\u00e9 Interprofessionnel du vin de <em>Champagne<\/em><em> (<\/em><em>CIVC)<\/em><em>,<\/em> resulting in revenue levels for 2023 remaining consistent with the previous year (over \u20ac6bn). Wine Searcher even reports a record revenue of \u20ac6.4bn in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><b>Also Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_5_902.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#990000\">Champagne records thumping Sales of 322 million bottles in 2021<\/font><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eight Appellations of Cr\u00e9mant <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created in 1982, the FNPEC comprises eight appellations: Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Die, Jura, Limoux, Loire and Savoy- all entering the appellation at different time periods.<\/p>\n<p>Alsace is the most important producer \u2013selling 39.4 million bottles, followed by the Loire (26.7m) and Burgundy (22.3m). Additionally, 10m bottles of Cr\u00e9mant de Bordeaux were sold, 6.2m bottles of Cr\u00e9mant de Limoux, 2.7m bottles of Cr\u00e9mant du Jura in 2023 whereas a relatively small quantity of 368,000 bottles of Cr\u00e9mant de Savoie, and 266,000 bottles of Cr\u00e9mant de Die were sold in the similar period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grapes in Cr\u00e9mant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though FNPEC uses tight control on the name \u201cCr\u00e9mant\u201d for sparkling wines from the French AOC \u2013appellation system, using various decrees and specifications outlining the conditions for production, different varieties of grapes are allowed to be used in congruence with the region of production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cr\u00e9mant de Alsace<\/strong> can use harmonious combination of several grape varieties (Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Auxerrois and Pinot Noir)-or a single grape variety. The majority of <strong>Cr\u00e9mant de<\/strong> <strong>Bourgogne<\/strong> are produced using Pinot Noir and Chardonnay<strong>. Cr\u00e9mant<\/strong> de Loire uses the most popular varieties-Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc. Thus the grapes are the most popular varieties grown in each of these areas.<\/p>\n<p>With the consistency in flavours being the common characteristic, one may enjoy 8 different forms of \u2018Champagne\u2019 (never call Cr\u00e9mant a Champagne), try any of these appellations, each with different flavours- and they will hit your wallet lighter too.<\/p>\n<p>The lower prices ought to make importers in India give a looksee to these \u2018champagnes\u2019- and I say it without Prejudice because of more affordable prices due to high import taxes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subhash Arora <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Tuesday, 06 August 2024 16:20 French Cr\u00e9mant sales grow as Champagne slows down August 06, 2024: Champagne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[183,657,659,658],"class_list":["post-15432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-headlines","tag-champagne","tag-federation-nationale-des-producteurs-et-elaborateurs-de-cremant","tag-fnpec","tag-french-cremant"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png",978,526,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-300x161.png",300,161,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-768x413.png",640,344,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png",640,344,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png",978,526,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png",978,526,false],"slider-bg":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png",978,526,false],"card-grid":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-600x526.png",600,526,true],"card-list":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-600x526.png",600,526,true],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_.png",978,526,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-825x526.png",825,526,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6th-article.fw_-590x410.png",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a>","tag_info":"Other Headlines","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15432"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15451,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432\/revisions\/15451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}