(Decanter) - Moet & Chandon is undertaking a major expansion of its production facilities, in anticipation of rising global demand for Champagne. The company has been focusing on the construction of a new winery at its existing press facility in Oiry since April 2011. The 100,000 hectolitre expansion project, with 137 new stainless steel fermentation tanks, which Moët has called Mont Aigu, was initiated because the company felt that the current site in Epernay could no longer meet its needs.