"Martin Field" > wrote:

> "Champagne expands domain to answer demand surge By Brian Rohan
> PARIS (Reuters) ...
>
> How far can you "widen the vineyard" to increase
> production/profits before you dilute the "terroir"?

Nobody knows.

But it's a fact that Champagne has *doubled* its planted surface
from 18,000 hectares in the 1960s to 36,000 hectares nowadays.

M.