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How David Shrigley's 'very British' sense of humour is shaking up the champagne world

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Known for quirky cartoonish juxtapositions of images and text, Shrigley is now bringing a sense of humour to the classical champagne world One day recently, the artist David Shrigley was to be found 130ft under the ground, in Reims, north-east France, wandering through a labyrinth of tunnels and caves, pointing out the most recent examples of his work.

Over the centuries, the tunnels and caves - or crayères to give them their proper name - have served as chalk quarries and, periodically, as refuge for people fleeing war.

But their principal use for almost three centuries has been as a place of storage for the champagne producer Maison Ruinart.

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