Keyword: grapes
French winemakers hit by weather woes allowed to buy-in grapes
Hardest-hit winemakers are allowed to replace their harvests lost to hail and frost by buying grapes from the same area, but finding surplus grapes will be uncertain.
Rotting grapes from Bordeaux to Burgundy cut French wine outlook
Production forecasts lowered after rot due to wet weather causes grape losses, adding to damage from poor flowering and summer hailstorms.
France's champagne harvest shrinks drastically
Lowest harvest in at least 40 years says Agriculture Ministry after vineyards were ravaged by hailstorms, wet weather, and fungus.