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UMC - Grandes Marques et Maisons de Champagne

Since 1882 the UMC has brought together all of the Grandes Marques brands and Champagne Houses that collectively underpin the worldwide reputation of Champagne wines. This website is specifically designed to teach you everything you need to know about their history and organization, their expertise and their ever-innovative ambitions.

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September

September

The beginning and end of harvest varies from year to year. It’s action stations on all fronts. Wine growers and Champagne Houses enlist the help of some 120,000 seasonal workers to help them bring in the vintage – a year-long effort to produce the most precious grapes in the world.

The Champagne month by month
Saint Vincent

Did you know?

Every year on 22 January, Champagne celebrates the feast of St Vincent, patron saint of winegrowers. Fancy-dress parades, banquets, church services and traditional ceremonies are held to give thanks for the previous year’s harvest and to invoke the saint’s protection for activities in the coming year.

Chanoine Frères

It was in the reign of French King Louis XV that a young and dynamic merchant called Pierre Chanoine (1698-1774) decided to venture into the business of Champagne winemaking. The House of Chanoine Frères has perpetuated the spirit of its visionary founder ever since.

The Champagne Houses
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