U.S. and Italy Drive Champagne Shipments Lower

Champagne shipments fell in 2025, with the United States and Italy accounting for most of the decline among the top markets for France’s best-known sparkling wine. Data released by the Comité Champagne showed total shipments at 266 million bottles in 2025, down from 271 million in 2024. Of those, 152 million bottles were exported and 114 million stayed in France. Export value also slipped, falling 4.5% to 3.68 billion euros.

The drop was not evenly spread across markets. Among the 10 largest destinations for Champagne, only the United States and Italy bought fewer bottles in 2025 than they did a year earlier, according to figures from the Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne in Épernay cited by the American Association of Wine Economists. Together, the two countries purchased 1.5 million fewer bottles.

The United States remained the largest market for Champagne, but imports fell to 26.46 million bottles in 2025 from 27.4 million in 2024, a decline of 3.4%, or 943,000 bottles. Italy, the No. 6 market for Champagne, posted a steeper percentage drop. Purchases fell 7%, to 7.78 million bottles from 8.37 million, a loss of 589,000 bottles.

Other major markets helped soften the overall slowdown. Britain bought 22.72 million bottles in 2025, up 1.9%. Japan rose to 13.28 million bottles, an increase of 6.7%. Germany imported 9.6 million bottles, up 1.2%. Belgium ranked fifth with 7.8 million bottles, up 2.6%, while Australia followed Italy with 7.55 million bottles, up 3.5%.

Switzerland bought 5 million bottles, up 5%. Spain reached 4 million bottles, up 7.3%, and Canada closed out the top 10 with 2.9 million bottles, up 7.6%.