Here are some key statistics about Champagne for 2014.
There are 15,800 winegrowers in Champagne.
There are 300 Champagne Houses
The productive area consists of 33,705 hectares of which:
22,375 in the Marne department.
7,970 in the Aube and Haute-Marne departments.
3,360 in the Aisne and Seine-et-Marne departments.
The grape varieties in Champagne are made up of:
Pinot Noir 38 %
Meunier 32 %
Chardonnay 30 %
The harvest was 337 million bottles.
The yield = 11,548 kg/hectare.
Shipments:
France 162,266,302 bottles (53 %) of which:
89,659,070 from the Champagne houses (55 %)
72,607,232 from the winegrowers and co-operatives (45 %)
Export:
144,870,262 bottles (47 %) of which:
125,434,611 for the Champagne houses (87 %)
19,435,651 for the winegrowers and co-operatives (13 %)
Total:
307,136,564 bottles
215,093,681 for the Champagne houses (70 %)
92,042,883 for the winegrowers and co-operatives (30 %)
All figures from www.champagne.fr
