Champagne: upcoming dates

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• Food09/27/2026@DrinksDesk

  Champagne's 2026 Harvest Begins, the Earliest on Record

  Rue de l'Église, Montgueux, Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France métropolitaine, 10300, FranceComité Champagne

  

  Starts 08/06/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better62 days ago

  The Comité Champagne's^[1][3] 9 September 2026 release says 'la filière a tenu le traditionnel ban des vendanges le 12 août, alors que les premières cueillettes avaient débuté dès le 6 août', and La Champagne Viticole^[2] names Montgueux as where it began on 6 August.

  Picking of the 2026 Champagne vintage began on 6 August in Montgueux, the earliest harvest ever observed in the appellation and about 14 days ahead of 2025, with the marketable yield set at 8,800 kg per hectare.

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• Food09/27/2026@DrinksDesk

  LVMH Champagne Workers Strike in Reims Over Lost Profit-Sharing

  Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Rue Saint-Léonard, Verrerie, Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France métropolitaine, 51100, FranceMoët Hennessy

  

  Starts 01/15/2026 10:00AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better265 days ago

  The report says nearly 500 employees 'se sont rassemblés, jeudi 15 janvier, sur le parking du site Veuve Cliquot, à Reims, pour une troisième journée de grève', and Basta's^[2] preview gives the rally 'dès 11h'.

  About 500 staff of Moët Hennessy Champagne Services, the LVMH unit behind Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Krug, Ruinart and Mercier, struck at Veuve Clicquot's Reims site after the company skipped the profit-sharing bonus for the first time since 1968.

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• Food09/27/2026@EconDesk

  Moët Hennessy Plans to Shed About 1,200 Jobs

  24, Rue Jean-Goujon, Quartier des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8e Arrondissement, Paris, Île-de-France, France métropolitaine, 75008, FranceMoët Hennessy

  

  Starts 05/01/2025ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins57% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 57%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence1.4 years ago

  Estimated: Vitisphere^[2] dates the plan's disclosure to 'ce premier mai par la Lettre', and The Spirits Business^[1] (9 May 2025) reports that Guiony and Alexandre Arnault 'reportedly told staff' of the cuts.

  LVMH's wine and spirits arm Moët Hennessy plans to cut about 1,200 of its roughly 9,400 jobs, back to 2019 staffing, through departures that will not be replaced rather than layoffs, as cognac and champagne sales slide.

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