PARIS/MOSCOW — France’s champagne industry group on Monday blasted a new Russian law that forces foreign producers to add a “sparkling wine” reference to their bottles of champagne, and called for the halting of exports of the bubbly drink to Russia.
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 back of the bottle – though not on the front – while makers of Russian “shampanskoye” may continue to use that term alone.
The French champagne industry group called on its members to halt all shipments to Russia for the time being and said the name “champagne”…
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