Rotting grapes from Bordeaux to Burgundy cut French wine outlook

November 8, 2013 By La rédaction de Mediapart

Production forecasts lowered after rot due to wet weather causes grape losses, adding to damage from poor flowering and summer hailstorms.

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France cut its outlook for wine production for a fourth time after botrytis rot due to wet weather caused grape losses in Bordeaux and Burgundy, adding to damage from poor flowering and summer hailstorms, reports Bloomberg.

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