Alain Fion to retire: the long-term head og the Champagne Information Office will in future be attending to his private sparkling wine interests.

After more than 37 years of promoting the wines of Champagne, Alain Fion is retiring from his position as head of the CIVC office for Germany and Austria (association of champagne houses and growers). Fion founded the office in 1971; at that time just on two million bottles of champagne were exported to Germany each year, now the figure has risen to 13 million.

The new address of the "Vin de Champagne Information Office" as of 01.01.2009:

Christian Josephi
Vin de Champagne Informationsbüro
Eugensplatz 1
70184 Stuttgart
Telephone +49(0)711 664 75 97 20
E-Mail info@champagne.de