In the end, all wine, Champagne included, is a product of farming. Large conglomerates with deep pockets can hold onto vineyard land, but “small growers” like Jacques Diebolt – who owns some of the most coveted sites in Cramant, a Grand Cru of Champagne – face tough challenges; not the least of which is one of the vestiges of the French Revolution, la code Napoléon…

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