Production of Champagne could increase by as much as 70M bottles from the next (2007) harvest. L'Inst Nat de L'Appellation d'Origine (INAO) has decided to allow the maximum permitted yield in the appellation to rise from 13,000 to 15,500 kilos per hectare. However the extra volume will not be given the appellation, and will be held in tank by the growers in individual reserves as an insurance against future bad harvests when production is hit by disease, frost or hail.
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Journal Title
Harpers December 8 2006 3
Sector
Container glass
Class
C 3184