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===Revision of the Champagne region=== [[File:Grand Cru champagne.jpg|left|thumb|Grand Cru Champagne from the village of Bouzy]] The worldwide demand for Champagne has been continuously increasing throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. A record in worldwide shipping of Champagne (including domestic French consumption) of 327 million bottles was set in 1999 in anticipation of end of [[millennium]] celebrations, and a new record was set in 2007 at 338.7 million bottles.<ref>{{cite web | last = Fallowfield | first = Giles | title = Champagne shipments and exports hit new high | publisher = Decanter.com | date = March 4, 2008 | url = http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/champagne-shipments-and-exports-hit-new-high-83927/ | access-date = 2008-03-15}}</ref> Since the entire vineyard area authorized by the 1927 AOC regulations is now under cultivation, various ways of expanding the production have been considered. The allowed yield was increased (to a maximum of 15,500 kg per hectare during an experimental period from 2007 to 2011<ref>{{cite web | last = Fallowfield | first = Giles | title = Record harvest in Champagne | publisher = Decanter.com | date = October 22, 2007 | url = http://www.decanter.com/news/150897.html | access-date = 2008-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023182247/http://www.decanter.com/news/150897.html | archive-date = October 23, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref>) and the possibility of revising the production region was examined. After an extensive review of vineyard conditions in and around the existing Champagne region, [[Institut National des Appellations d'Origine|INAO]] presented a proposal to revise the region on March 14, 2008. The proposal was prepared by a group of five experts in the subjects of [[history]], [[geography]], [[geology]], [[phytosociology]] and [[agronomy]], working from 2005.<ref name="Tom S. expansion">[http://www.wine-pages.com/guests/tom/champagne-expansion.htm Wine-pages.com: Champagne's €6 billion expansion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427074152/http://www.wine-pages.com/guests/tom/champagne-expansion.htm |date=2008-04-27 }}, by Tom Stevenson; written November 2007 and accessed on March 17, 2008</ref> The proposal means expanding the region to cover vineyards in 357 rather than 319 villages.<ref name="Decanter New Champagne areas"/> This is to be achieved by adding vineyards in forty villages while simultaneously removing two villages in the [[Marne (department)|Marne]] department that were included in the 1927 regulations, [[Germaine, Marne|Germaine]] and [[Orbais-l'Abbaye]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Kevany | first = Sophie | title = Winners and losers revealed in Champagne shake-up | publisher = Decanter.com | date = March 14, 2008 | url = http://www.decanter.com/news/198040.html | access-date = 2008-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080318204656/http://www.decanter.com/news/198040.html | archive-date = March 18, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The proposed 40 new Champagne villages are located in four ''[[Departments of France|département]]s'':<ref>{{cite web | last = Fallowfield | first = Giles | title = France aims to extend Champagne region | publisher = Decanter.com | date = November 10, 2007 | url = http://www.decanter.com/news/153152.html | access-date = 2008-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071216140313/http://www.decanter.com/news/153152.html | archive-date = December 16, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Kevany | first = Sophie | title = Champagne: the 40 new communes | publisher = Decanter.com | date = March 17, 2008 | url = http://www.decanter.com/news/198599.html | access-date = 2008-03-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080412024231/http://www.decanter.com/news/198599.html | archive-date = April 12, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> * 22 in Marne: [[Baslieux-les-Fismes]], [[Blacy, Marne|Blacy]], [[Boissy-le-Repos]], [[Bouvancourt]], [[Breuil-sur-Vesle]], [[Bussy-le-Repos, Marne|Bussy-le-Repos]], [[Champfleury]], [[Courlandon]], [[Courcy, Marne|Courcy]], [[Courdemanges]], [[Fismes]], [[Huiron]], [[La Ville-sous-Orbais]], [[Le Thoult-Trosnay]], [[Loivre]], [[Montmirail, Marne|Montmirail]], [[Mont-sur-Courville]], [[Peas]], [[Romain, Marne|Romain]], [[Saint-Loup, Marne|Saint-Loup]], [[Soulanges, Marne|Soulanges]], and [[Ventelay]]. * 15 in [[Aube]]: [[Arrelles]], [[Balnot-la-Grange]], [[Bossancourt]], [[Bouilly, Aube|Bouilly]], [[Étourvy]], [[Fontvannes]], [[Javernant]], [[Laines-aux-Bois]], [[Macey, Aube|Macey]], [[Messon]], [[Prugny]], [[Saint-Germain-l'Épine]], [[Souligny]], [[Torvilliers]] and [[Villery]]. * Two in [[Haute-Marne]]: [[Champcourt]] and Harricourt. * One, [[Marchais-en-Brie]], in [[Aisne]]. The INAO proposal was to be subject to review before being made into law and was immediately questioned in numerous public comments. The mayor of one of the villages to be delisted, Germaine, immediately appealed against INAO's proposal, with the possibility of additional appeals by vineyard owners.<ref name="Decanter New Champagne areas"/><ref>{{cite web | last = Kevany | first = Sophie | title = Champagne: Germaine appeals, Orbay accepts | publisher = Decanter.com | date = March 17, 2008 | url = http://www.decanter.com/news/198589.html | access-date = 2008-03-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080415185541/http://www.decanter.com/news/198589.html | archive-date = April 15, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The initial review process is expected to be finished by early 2009. This will be followed by another review of the specific parcels that will be added or deleted from the appellation. The earliest vineyard plantings are expected around 2015, with their product being marketed from around 2021. However, the price of land that are allowed to be used for Champagne production is expected to immediately rise from 5,000 to one million [[euro]] per hectare. While some critics have feared the revision of the Champagne region is about expanding production irrespective of quality, British wine writer and Champagne expert [[Tom Stevenson]] has pointed out that the proposed additions constitute a consolidation rather than expansion. The villages under discussion are situated in gaps inside the perimeter of the existing Champagne regions rather than outside it.<ref name="Tom S. expansion"/> As of 2019, the expansion had not happened, with a final decision expected in 2023<ref name="France TV info">{{cite news |title=Pourquoi la Champagne va subir son plus grand bouleversement depuis 1927 |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/pourquoi-champagne-va-subir-son-plus-grand-bouleversement-1927-1621387.html |access-date=16 June 2022 |work=France 3 Grand Est |language=fr-FR}}</ref> or 2024.<ref name="Times expansion">{{cite news |last1=Sage |first1=Adam |title=Champagne region expansion uncorks grapes of wrath |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/food-drink/article/champagne-region-expansion-uncorks-grapes-of-wrath-k5f6p8x9x |access-date=16 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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