Moet Hennessy Halts Champagne Shipments to Russia
Moet Hennessy stopped shipments of its Champagnes to Russia following new restrictions that reserve the label of Shampanskoe, the Russian translation of Champagne, for Russian sparkling wines, Bloomberg reported July 7. “The Champagne region is outraged by the new Russian…
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legislation on wine labeling,” the French Champagne lobby group CIVC said July 5, three days after the new rules were implemented. Moet's decision to halt the shipment of Dom Perignon, Ruinart, Moet & Chandon and Krug will allow the company time “to understand and study the new regulations and assess their consequences,” a representative of Moet owner LVMH told Bloomberg. France's Foreign Ministry is reviewing the new restrictions while the European Commission pledged to evaluate whether the law violates Russia's World Trade Organization commitments, the report said.