Wine production of the popular Italian bubbly Prosecco beat out French Champagne, consortiums for the two sparkling wines reported on Friday. A growing global thirst for Prosecco prompted makers to produce 330 million bottles in 2013 compared to French producers' 300 million bottles of Champagne.

"It is a trend that is growing stronger; and Italian bubbly in general sold twice as much as Champagne in China during the first six months of the year," commented Gianluca Bisol, who runs Prosecco-producer Bisol with his brother Desiderio.

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