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Exploitation de luxe : the abysses of the champagne industry
When Champagne bottles pop, there is most likely something to celebrate: a wedding, a new job or New Year's Eve. However, the during the Champagne harvest the mood is far from being that cheerful. Every year, tens of thousands of migrant workers come to France to work in the fields. And while the major Champagne brands are experiencing record sales, some of the migrants in the fields work like modern-day slaves. Together with investigative journalists Robert Schmidt, Stéphanie Wenger and Ishaq Anis we have been researching the dark side of the Champagne industry and published our key findings in a film for ZDFauslandsjournal.
