In the next few weeks, a preliminary decision will be made on the biggest
expansion of the champagne vineyards for 80 years.

Sales of champagne all around the world are fizzing, and the existing
vineyards have almost reached the limits of what they can produce without
diluting the quality of the world's favourite celebratory drink.

For the first time since the official boundaries were drawn in 1927, the
land entitled to grow champagne grapes is to be significantly increased, by
as much as 15 per cent by 2015.

Interesting article courtesy of The Independent (UK)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/...0472457&pnum=0