Biggest Houses (by sales volume)
1. Moët & Chandon + Mercier + Ruinart
+ Vve Clicquot + Canard Duchêne + Krug + Pommery (All owned by the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey [LVMH] luxury goods group).
2. Marne & Champagne (This is one of the biggest houses, yet most people have never heard of it! This is because it markets its wines under around 200 different names; the largest being Lanson, Besserat de Bellefon and Alfred Rothschild, in addition to the M.A. [buyers' own brands] Champagnes it makes for big supermarkets)
3. G.H. Mumm + Perrier-Jouët (formerly owned by Seagram of Canada, but recently sold to the Hicks, Nuse, Tate and Furst consortium)
4. Piper Heidsieck + Charles Heidsieck + Bonnet (Rémy Cointreau).
5. Laurent-Perrier + De Castellane + Salon + Delamotte + Lemoine (Laurent-Perrier group)
Principal Export Markets (sales, in millions of bottles)
SALES & PRODUCTION, 1990s: (in millions of bottles)
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Hectares under cultivation
29 109
30 045
30 709
30 711
30 547
30 216
31 042
Total harvest
257
244
287
271
252
340
327
Bottles in stock, 31/07
926
949
943
981
995
956
991
Sales in the calendar year
229
246.9
249.3
255.9
269
292.4
327.1
Domestic sales
152.6
157
157.9
160.7
165.1
179
190.5
Sales to other European countries
76.4
57.5
59.5
62.4
67.8
73.4
87.1
Export sales outside Europe
32.4
31.9
32.8
36.1
40
49.5
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Great Britain
14.6
14.6
17
16.9
20.1
22.2
24.2
32.3
U.S.A.
10
10.8
11.9
12.6
13.6
15.4
16.9
23.7
Germany
13.8
15.2
18.8
17.8
18.4
19.4
19.3
17.5
Switzerland
6.4
7.3
7.5
7.4
7.0
6.8
8.3
8.7
Italy
8.1
6.0
6.6
7.3
6.3
6.6
8.1
9.5
Belgium
5.8
6.3
6.5
6.4
7.4
7.9
9.4
10.8
Australia
0.8
0.9
1.1
0.9
.9
1.2
1.3
1.7
Japan
1.02
1.0
1.4
1.9
2.4
2.5
2.9
4.0
Principal Export Markets (sales, in millions of bottles)
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Spain
1.0
0.8
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.8
Denmark
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.2
Luxembourg
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.7
Austria
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
Hong Kong
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.6
New Zealand
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.5
Sweden
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.7
1.1
Mexico
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.4
Principal Export Markets (sales, in millions of bottles)
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Netherlands
1.5
1.9
1.9
1.9
2.1
2.2
2.3
3.5
Canada
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.3
2.5
Guadeloupe
1.1
1.4
1.3
1.6
2.3
2.4
1.7
1.6
Martinique
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.2
1
1.1
Reunion
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.7
Ireland
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.9
Portugal
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.6
Principal Export Markets (sales, in millions of bottles)
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Singapore
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.7
0.6
0.9
Brazil
0.2
1.9
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.8
Turkey
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
Venezuela
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
United Arab Emirates
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
Guyana
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
New Caledonia
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3
Many thanks to the Union des Maisons de Champagne for these statistics.