Almost no one is celebrating.
Global sales of champagne by the end of 2020 will be reduced by a third, predicts the Interprofessional Committee of champagne wines (CIVC), which unites manufacturers and sellers.
In the April-may from closing restaurants, bars and cancellation of celebrations of the sales of the drink fell by 75%, reports Reuters. In General due pandemic, the industry could lose about $ 1.9 billion.
IN CIVC hope that the opening of restaurants and bars will soften the blow.
Earlier, the Italian farmers Union Confagricoltura has offered to process accumulated in the warehouses of wine sanitizer. So wine producers hope to at least partially compensate for the drop in demand for wine.
Anna Lysenko
