The harvest setting is stressful, as everyone feels the pressure of the rising alcohol levels in the vineyards and the lack of juice in the grapes. The harvest start is record early - hence not all was/is ready ... and some are presumably rushing home from holiday. The previous harvest start …
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Harvest 2026 – the harvest unfolds
The Harvest 2026 has started extremely early with whites in Puligny-Montrachet, and next will presumably be Meursault and Chassagne, already starting this week. The harvest start is clearly the earliest we have ever seen since they started to do the statistics of harvest start date in Beaune in …
Harvest 2026 – has started
The Harvest 2026 has started ... and did so before this weekend, i.e., August 6th or 7th, and with a harvest of Folatieres in Puligny-Montrachet on August 8th. Furthermore, there are rumors of the harvest of small plots of Pinot Noir in Côte de Nuits ... so in reality, the big harvest chaos has …
Harvest 2026 – less than two weeks to the start
The Harvest 2026 is very near the start ... There is a lot of doubt and frustration about fixing the harvest dates, as the vignerons are to get a hold of what to do with these small, thick-skinned grapes with a low juice content. Some have more or less thrown in the towel ... and harvest just …
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Harvest Month 2026
It's hot and dry, and the harvest will start in a bit more than a week in Macon, and the question is: when will we start in the Côte d´Or. It is going to be a harvest starting already in mid-August (new record) and ending in the first week of September. I will follow the 2026 harvest closely …