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Champagne — from the vineyard

What the season is like on the ground in Champagne, straight from the producers we import.

Worker using a mechanical clamp on green champagne bottles at Champagne Guilleminot, a récoltant-manipulant producer, during cellar processing.
Champagne Guilleminot

Summer 2026 at Guilleminot: forty degrees, stalled véraison, and an uncertain harvest

Corinne Guilleminot reports a month-long 40°C heat wave in the Côte des Bar in July 2026, pushing harvest toward August 20–25 with expected crop losses.