First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne this year. But the good news is that what there is could be outstanding.
After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of the world's most celebrated bubbly are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in 20 years.
But thanks to a hot and sunny August, all the signs are that the chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes that go into the king of sparkling wines will be packed full of flavour.
"The vines suffered every possible disaster up to the middle of the summer," admits Champagne wine board (CIVC) spokesman Thibault Le Mailloux.
"We feared the worst, but August turned things around and all the signs are that the harvest will be of exceptional quality."
Heavy rain, destructive hail storms and late frosts have made this a stressful year for champagne producers.
A cold and wet spring prevented a good flowering of the vines, reducing the number of grapes in each bunch and promoting the appearance of millerandage, a vine disease that leads to unevenly sized grapes which ripen at different rates.