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Vinexpo 2020: championing sustainable viticulture

The Vinexpo fair held in Paris in February 2020 gave Moët Hennessy the opportunity to communicate the measures already implemented by its Maisons including

training winegrowers and farmers in new technology,

supporting scientific and academic projects and purchasing

environmentally friendly equipment and unveil its new

commitments.

Moët Hennessy s commitment to protecting living soils

At the end of 2020, all our winegrowers in Champagne will be operating without the use of chemical weedkiller, and Moët Hennessy supports and assists its partner vineyards.

Moët Hennessy will invest 20 million to develop a research

center in Champagne to promote sustainable viticulture.

A University of Living Soils will be set up to stimulate

innovation, knowledge sharing and best practice. It will

organize an annual event from 2021 onward to bring together

international specialists to discuss sustainable viticulture and

arboriculture practices.

STANISLAS MILCENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

DIRECTOR AT MOËT HENNESSY

Our Champagne Maisons announced they would stop using chemical weedkiller at all their vineyards by 2020. Moët Hennessy is also investing in a new R&D center to champion sustainable development, protect biodiversity and combat climate change. Furthermore, Moët Hennessy is focusing on safeguarding living soils, as its grands vins and superior eaux-de-vie can only be

produced by taking care of this irreplaceable heritage. That is why we set up the University of Living Soils, which every year brings together the experts involved in this field,

its first event being the Living

Soils Forum organized at the Vinexpo fair.