Growers and producers at odds in France's 'champagne wars'
by Kim Willsher in Paris from on (#56F3J)
Coronavirus has hit the industry hard, with division over how to respond
In the champagne vineyards of France, the season of ripening, plumping and sweetening of the grapes ready for harvesting at the end of August, known as the veraison, has begun.
Maxime Toubart, a relatively small vigneron who produces 25,000 bottles of bubbly from the 12-acre maison founded by his great-grandparents in 1900, has been cultivating his clients as well as his vines during the coronavirus crisis and is confident his business will survive.
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