US Tariff Increases Put Small Champagne Houses Under Pressure in 2025
Tariff increases implemented by the Trump administration in 2025 are bearing down on champagne exports, with small producers facing the sharpest consequences.
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Aÿ
A single grand cru village on the south bank of the Marne, historically the most celebrated Pinot Noir site in Champagne and the home of Bollinger, Deutz and Ayala.
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Côte des Bar
The southern and most distinctive of champagne's sub-regions, more than 100 km from Reims and better known for its Pinot Noir and the rise of grower champagne.
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Côte des Blancs
A chalk-rich ridge south of Épernay planted almost exclusively to Chardonnay, famous for the region's most precise blanc de blancs.
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Montagne de Reims
The largest and most structurally complex of champagne's four main viticultural massifs, a Pinot Noir heartland circling the forested plateau between Reims and Épernay.
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Reims
The largest city of the Champagne region, a cathedral seat and the historic home of many of the region's most celebrated houses.
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Vallée de la Marne
A long band of vineyards following the Marne west of Épernay, best known as the home of Meunier — and of Hautvillers, where Dom Pérignon lived and worked.
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Assemblage
The blending of base wines — from different villages, grape varieties, and sometimes different vintages — into the cuvée that will undergo second fermentation.
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Autolysis
The slow enzymatic breakdown of spent yeast cells during extended lees ageing, releasing amino acids, mannoproteins and esters that build the bread, brioche and savoury notes characteristic of long-aged champagne.
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Blanc de Noirs
A white champagne made entirely from black grapes — Pinot Noir, Meunier, or a blend of the two — pressed carefully to avoid colour extraction.
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Blanc de Blancs
A champagne made exclusively from white grapes — in practice, 100% Chardonnay. Known for precision, linearity and long ageing potential.
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Brut Nature
The driest commercial category of champagne — no liqueur d'expédition added at disgorgement and a maximum 3 g/L of residual sugar. Also labelled 'Zéro Dosage', 'Dosage Zéro', 'Pas Dosé' or 'Non Dosé'.
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Brut
The dosage register for champagnes with no more than 12 g/L of residual sugar — the volume category for the appellation and the dosage for almost every NV flagship (Moët Impérial, Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, Pol Roger Brut Réserve, etc.).