French Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandy discussed the Russian law on champagne with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Sergei Levin. They agreed to work on resolving the dispute. The parties plan to hold talks and create a working group, Reuters reports.
“We have reached an agreement on a working method to clarify the new Russian wine law and find a solution to the situation our champagne is facing,” wrote Mr Denormandy in Twitter.
Bilateral meeting with Mr. Levine, Russian Deputy Minister, during the #G20 Agriculture
We have reached an agreement on a working method to clarify the new Russian wine law, and to find a solution to the current situation that our champagne is undergoing. pic.twitter.com/Q1uGewaNTR
— Julien Denormandie (@J_Denormandie) September 18, 2021
President Vladimir Putin signed into law the champagne law in July. The document allows only Russian wine to be called champagne. Foreign products must be labeled as sparkling wine. Thus, wine from the Champagne province in Russia cannot be labeled as champagne. French manufacturers temporarily suspended the export of their products due to the law.
About the resumption of supplies – in the material “Kommersant FM” “Champagne went to the world.”
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