2026 harvest start dates published for every commune and grape variety
The Comité Champagne published the start dates for the 2026 harvest on 12 August 2026.
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Four anniversaries mark the 2025 Champagne calendar
In June 2025 the Comité Champagne highlighted four anniversaries: ten years of UNESCO status, 100 years of the Avenue de Champagne, 30 years of the Route du Champagne en Fête and 25 years of the Habits de Lumière.
Read onChampagne ! Rendez-vous: a new festival weekend in June 2027
From 4 to 6 June 2027, Champagne will host a new cultural festival, centred on the Parc de Champagne in Reims.
Read onParis hosts first Champagne Week from 19 to 25 October 2026
Growers and houses are inviting Parisians to a week of Champagne events in restaurants, bars, wine shops and hotels.
Read onChampagne 2026: earliest harvest on record, with high hopes for quality
The Comité Champagne reports a first positive assessment of the earliest harvest ever observed, with modest yields and very healthy, ripe grapes.
Read onChampagne trade allows payment deadlines to be adjusted
The Comité Champagne is letting operators adjust the payment deadlines originally set for 5 June and 5 September.
Read onHarvest 2026: joint recruitment scheme aims for 4,500 hires
The Comité Champagne and France Travail Grand Est are extending their “Champagne Vendanges” scheme to the whole appellation for the 2026 harvest.
Read onChampagne shipments dip slightly to 266 million bottles in 2025
Champagne shipments reached 266 million bottles in 2025, a little below the previous year.
Read onEU wine package lets Champagne set new plantings at zero again
The Council and the European Parliament have agreed on the wine package, giving Champagne stronger protection against unwanted new plantings.
Read onChampagne bets on lighter, lower-carbon bottles
The Comité Champagne has unveiled a glass strategy with ten actions and its own testing laboratory.
Read onDigital tax: Champagne trade warns of US retaliation
The Comité Champagne urges French senators to reconsider a higher digital services tax, fearing US reprisals against wine and spirits.
Read onChardonnay Rose becomes an official Champagne grape variety
Since 31 July 2025, Chardonnay Rose has been listed as a principal variety in the Champagne appellation specification, bringing the total to eight.
Read onTen years of UNESCO status: Champagne celebrates in Champillon
On 4 July 2025 the region marks a decade since its World Heritage listing with an evening event in the vineyards of Champillon.
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