FRANCE: LVMH Champagne, Cognac sales tumble

By just-drinks.com editorial team | 23 April 2009

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the French luxury goods firm at the centre of takeover speculation this week, has reported Champagne and Cognac sales down by more than a fifth in the first quarter of 2009.

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