Champagne's sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France's luxury winemakers
Briefly

Workers in the Epernay champagne industry are facing severe exploitation, with underpayment and insufficient accommodations forcing many into homelessness and theft to survive.
Despite generating 6 billion euros in revenue last year from the champagne exports, the industry reveals a stark contrast between luxury branding and the dismal conditions of grape-pickers.
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