(FILES) Champagne bottles are displayed on a shelf of a supermarket in Montesson, on the outskirts of Paris on December 21, 2012. President of France's Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC) David Chatillon has according to several wine specialist sites, reportedly said in December 2024, while addressing a meeting of Association Viticole Champenoise (AVC)that 2024 champagne sales were likely to be down 10percent by volume and 5 percent by value compared with 2023 a year that had already seen an 8.2 percent drop in sales. So in the last 24 months, champagne has seen sales by volume drop by almost a fifth. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)