(E) You can see the effects of global warming in your plate, and and in your glass. Warm weather in France earlier this Winter, followed by cold weather in the early Spring has destroyed most the French vineyards in Bourgogne, Bordeaux, Pays de La Loire, Touraine (home to the Vouvray – one of my favorite white wines distributed in California), and Champagne, Alsace, and Jura.

Many winemakers lit candles, and burned bales of hay to try to protect their vineyards but without much success.

So do not expect now much French wine in your glass for 2021.

In French:

From BFM: “EPISODE DE GEL: LA RÉCOLTE DE VIN 2021 SERA “TRÈS FAIBLE” SELON LES INTERPROFESSIONS“

From Le Figaro: “Gelées de printemps : l’heure du bilan“

From France TV:

• Le journal du 10 avril – see starting at time = 19:44
• “Pertes pour les agriculteurs, régions touchées, aides de l’Etat… Ce que l’on sait de l’épisode de gel qui a frappé la France“
• “Gel : la détresse des arboriculteurs et des viticulteurs“

In English:

From the BBC:

• “Save our wine! Big freeze spells disaster for French vineyards“
• “French winemakers fight frost with fire“

Note: The picture above is the Domain Mosse in Anjou from Le Figaro.

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