FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, pickers harvest the latest Moet & Chandon crop from the Cramant vineyards. France, the world's largest exporter of wines and spirits, saw its sales of high end champagnes and cognacs suffer last year as recession in its biggest foreign markets led drinkers in the US and Britain to imbibe less and more cheaply. The country's exports of wine and spirits fell 17 percent to Euro 7.74 billion ($10.5 billion) last year, according to figures released Thursday Feb. 18 2010. (AP Photo/Emma Vandore, File)AP - France, the world's largest exporter of wines and spirits, saw sales of its high-end Champagne and cognacs suffer a record drop last year as recession in the U.S. and Britain, its biggest foreign markets, pushed consumers to drink less and more cheaply.


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