The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Champagne producer strikes gold <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A French champagne producer literally hit gold when workers doing up an old building on his property brought down a shower of US coins hidden in the rafters.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20120215/2572 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:46:00 +0100 2572 Italian fizz overtakes champagne <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Italian makers of sparkling spumante have claimed victory over their French champagne rivals in a battle of the bubblies.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20111221/2088 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:03:00 +0100 2088