French champagne industry group expresses anger at new Russian champagne law

Maison Pommery & Associes SA

05/07/2021 11:44

PARIS, July 5 (Reuters) - France's champagne industry group
expressed on Monday its anger at a new Russian law forcing
foreign champagne producers to add a "sparkling wine" reference
to the back of their bottles.
    The "Comite Champagne" (Champagne Committee) added in a
statement that it was also calling on French and European Union
diplomats to get the law changed.
    The law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on
Friday, requires all foreign producers of sparkling wine to
describe their product as such on the label on the back of the
bottle - though not on the front.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2OH1ON

 (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta;
Editing by Alison Williams)
 ((sudip.kargupta@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 49 49 53 84;))