On 15 July 2026, a plot of Muscat \u00e0 Petits Grains was harvested in Fitou, in the Aude. These were the first grapes picked in France, and the earliest harvest ever recorded in the country, breaking the previous record of 25 July 2022. Three weeks later, on 7 August, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that it would postpone its national harvest forecast until 8 September.<\/p>\n\n
These two dates tell the story of the same year. The vines moved ahead of the calendar; the official statisticians chose to wait. As a family with roots in Champagne and vineyards of our own for decades, we read these dates as a barometer. And for a hundred years<\/a><\/span>, we have been crafting the tools that accompany the wine those harvests become.<\/p>\n\n Here is how the 2026 harvest is unfolding, region by region, and what we can say with confidence at this stage.<\/p>\n\n