French wine and spirits exports hit record in 2019, tougher year looms

PARIS (Reuters) - French wine and spirits exports hit a record in 2019 as exporters booked sales ahead of U.S. tariffs and Brexit but the business faces a tougher year in 2020, industry group FEVS said.Sales abroad of wines and spirits -- France's second-biggest export after the aerospace industry -- rose 5.9% in value to a record 14 billion euros (£11.8 billion), the Federation of French Wines and Spirit Exporters (FEVS) said on Wednesday.Shipments to the United States, by far the largest..