Off To A Good Start

Every year there are choices to be made by the champagne makers:

If the weather is good the question is 'Do we start picking whilst the sun is shining or do we wait to see if the grapes ripen even more?'

If the weather is poor the question is ' Do we wait to see if the weather improves and the grapes ripen a bit more, or will the weather get worse?'

In the short video below you'll find out what has been going through the vignerons' minds in the first few days of the 2015 harvest.