Champagne harvest: a unique experience at Royal Champagne

Harvesting in Champagne is like no other. Here, the grapes are harvested entirely by hand, using know-how handed down from generation to generation. This method ensures that the integrity of the grapes is preserved, a crucial element in maintaining the balance between sugar and acidity necessary for the finesse of the bubbles.

Our team will take you to the plots of our partner estates, where you can discover the precise gestures of the grape-pickers and understand the role of each stage, from delicate pressing to checking the ripeness of the grape varieties.

Champagne owes its reputation to the diversity of its wine-growing communities and its emblematic grape varieties. During the Champagne harvest, you'll have the opportunity to pick pinot noir, with its powerful aromas, as well as chardonnay and meunier, depending on the plots you visit.

Each year, the Comité Champagne sets the official dates for the grapes to reach ideal ripeness, guaranteeing optimum yields and consistent quality. Climatic conditions play an important role, and it is this alchemy between nature and human know-how that gives Champagne wine its unique character.

After harvesting, the bunches are transferred to the press for delicate pressing to obtain clear, pure juice. This is a crucial moment: it determines the quality of future cuvées.

At Royal Champagne, we organize exclusive visits to our partner wineries so that you can observe this process and talk to the employers and cellar masters. You'll understand how each press and each batch can be destined for specific cuvées, sometimes individually reserved to guarantee the consistency of the blends.

The Royal Champagne experience is more than just a visual experience. For a few hours, you'll be invited to help cut the grapes in the vineyard.

Guided by professional winemakers, you'll discover the traditional gestures in a friendly atmosphere, the time of an authentic initiation. It's also an opportunity to meet the locals, share their passion and better understand the profound link between vines, wines and Champagne culture.

After the effort comes the reward. The harvest is also synonymous with conviviality and shared meals. At Royal Champagne, our restaurants celebrate local produce and organize special menus inspired by the harvest season, accompanied of course by carefully selected cuvées.

Enjoy a gourmet dinner overlooking the vineyards, where the wine you taste may well come from parcels you've harvested yourself.

When you choose the Royal Champagne to discover the Champagne harvest, you also have access to other experiences from our silo, ideal for extending your stay:

Cellar tours in Champagne: explore the history and secrets of the great houses.

Relaxing stay in France: combine grape harvesting and wellness at the spa.

Hotel with swimming pool: relax after a day in the vineyards.

Luxury tours: explore Champagne and other prestigious destinations.

Stay packages in France: packages including wine activities and gastronomy.

Gastronomic hotel restaurant: food and champagne pairings around the grape harvest.

Luxury hotel activities: sunrise yoga or vineyard walks.

When you choose the Royal Champagne to discover the Champagne grape harvest, you'll also enjoy a host of complementary experiences to enhance your stay:

- Cellar tours in Champagne: explore the history and secrets of the great houses.

- Well-being breaks in France: combine the grape harvest with moments of relaxation at the spa.

- Accommodation with swimming pool: relax in a swimming pool after a day in the vineyards.

- Luxury trips: discover Champagne and other prestigious destinations.

- All-inclusive packages in France: packages combining wine activities and gastronomic discoveries.

- On-site gourmet restaurant: enjoy food and champagne pairings inspired by the grape harvest.

- Exclusive activities in a luxury hotel: from sunrise yoga to vineyard walks.

Our concierge service will help you prepare for your experience. According to your wishes, we can propose :

- Day or multi-night tours.

- Workshops on pressing, blending and tasting.

- Meetings with grape pickers and cellar masters.

- Participation in the harvest on family estates or at major wineries.

- Access to local events organized during the season.

Taking part in the Champagne harvest at Royal Champagne is more than just a holiday: it's an immersion in the soul of a region. Between the frenetic pace of the vines, the scent of freshly cut grapes and the magic of the press, every moment will bring you closer to the very essence of Champagne.

And when, months later, you taste a glass from that special year, you'll know you've been part of something truly exceptional. Also check out our Paris Marathon page for other related events.