Champagne sales soar - again

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Champagne sales soar - again
Giles Fallowfield, and Adam Lechmere

Soaring demand for pink fizz has sent Champagne sales worldwide above the 300m bottle mark for the second year running.

Champagne trade body the CIVC has reported that worldwide shipments in 2005 were up 2% to 307.5m bottles.

Of those, 36m go to the UK, making it the world's largest importer of Champagne. The Daily Telegraph reports that UK imports of Champagne account for almost a third of global market growth over the last decade.

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