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Christina Aguilera joins Beau Joie Champagne as partner
The singer becomes a partner and global creative director at the low-sugar Champagne house, backing its push into wider retail and mass-market shelves.
Southern Glazer's settles bribery probe for $12.5m
The US Department of Justice says employees funnelled cash, gift cards and luxury trips to California retailers for eight years before Southern Glazer's agreed to a two-year compliance overhaul.
Champagne gets a 15 percent alcohol limit for 2026
After the region's earliest harvest on record left grapes unusually rich in sugar, French authorities raised Champagne's alcohol ceiling from its usual 13 percent.
France wine harvest 2026 set for lowest level since 1957
Hail, heatwaves and drought have pushed national output below 34 million hectolitres, with Champagne and Burgundy hit hardest while Bordeaux gains.
Valence en Gastronomie Festival returns for 11th edition
The Drôme department's food festival runs 10 to 13 September 2026 on Valence's Champ de Mars, with Michelin-starred chefs, wine pairings and roughly 50,000 visitors expected.
Austria's 2026 wine harvest shrinks to a decade low
Austria's wine-growers association reports its smallest harvest since 2010, after a hot, dry summer sped up ripening across the country's vineyards.
Chianti Classico Expo brings 64 wineries to Greve
The 54th Expo Chianti Classico fills Greve's main square through 13 September, pouring Sangiovese from every corner of the zone just as the harvest gets under way in the surrounding hills.
Canadian alcohol ban closes US border to beer, wine and whisky
From 29 September, packaged Canadian beer, wine, cider and spirits can no longer enter the US. Bulk spirits and bottles already imported stay outside the order; until then, a 50% duty applies.
French wine harvest heads for its lowest level since 1957
Champagne is down 48% on last year and Pinot Noir by about half, while Bordeaux gained 10% on late summer rain. Volume is short; quality may not be.
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