Only 33,500 hectares (83,000 acres) of vineyard are dedicated to champagne production, all in the Reims region of northeast France, under the country's strict Appellation d'Origine Controlee (AOC) wine classification system.
By comparision, the Bordeaux wine-growing region alone has more than 120,000 hectares of grapes under cultivation.
But the champagne world is bracing for a mini-revolution as French wine officials prepare to accept 40 new towns into the AOC, which currently counts 317, allowing dozens of new producers to market champagne wine.
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