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Champagne makers fix harvest quotas, as virus kills the fizz

| August 19, 2020 12:03 AM

PARIS (AP) — French Champagne producers decided Tuesday to put unprecedented limits on the quantity of grapes they’ll harvest this year in hopes of propping up prices and containing damage from the coronavirus pandemic.

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