Champagne is the wine-growing region which, due to the nature of its product is the best organised. However, the organisation, established between 1935 and 1957, has started to grow old. Since its founding, Champagne has been one of the most rapidly growing of the french wine-growing districts. This growth created a change, between the wine-grower and wine merchant and has had a double effect : —Firstly, during the part 20 years there has been a slow transfert of «added value» from the merchants to the growers. —Secondly, and as a consequence, there has been a prowing unrest between the two partners that has created a déstabilisation of the Champagne markets and a disruption of interprofessional relations.
