Grape harvest looking good

GRAPE vines in the Champagne region are sagging this year with an abundance of fruit. But this will not mean increased supply, or cheaper bottles of bubbly for consumers.

It may, however, mean a very good vintage.

In Champagne - where the wine was served to kings for centuries to celebrate coronations - large harvests tend to produce great wines, said Daniel Lorson, spokesman for the Committee of Champagne Wines.

This harvest has the potential to be the Champagne region’s largest since it first started recording yields about 100 years ago, said Lorson.