The tradition of les vendanges | A Coffee Break with Hélène

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this espresso-style episode, Hélène explores one of France’s most cherished traditions: les vendanges (the grape harvest).

You’ll learn how vineyards across Bordeaux, Bourgogne and Champagne come alive during this busy season, and we’ll take a closer look at les vendanges tardives (the late harvest) that creates some of the sweetest wines. Santé ! 🥂

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0:00.0	Is what you have
0:02.0	already heard
0:03.1	about
0:03.8	these vendange?
0:06.5	Hello,
0:07.8	I'm,
0:08.6	I'm Ellen.
0:09.5	Bienvenue
0:10.3	in this
0:11.0	new episode
0:12.4	Express
0:13.5	of Coffee Break French.
0:16.5	In this
0:17.0	little short
0:18.0	episode,
0:19.3	to keep you
0:19.9	busy in
0:20.6	between our main seasons, I'm going to tell you a bit
0:23.8	about le vendange.
0:37.0	So, it's obviously very common. So, it's obviously very conned, but the France is the country of wine.
0:45.7	And for fair to do wine, it's quite evident recalter the raisin.
0:53.0	So in this little episode, I'm going to tell you a bit about the tradition of vendange, which is the grape harvest season.
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