“France is facing one of its poorest wine grape harvests in four decades due to a cold and rainy spring and severe hail storms. The 2013 harvest is expected to reach just 43.5 millions hectolitres — well below the 10-year average of 45.4 million. That would make the 2013 harvest one of the worst in 40 years and only a slight improvement on last year’s record low harvest of 41.4 million. Jerome Despey, head of FranceAgriMer’s viticulture section, said cool temperatures and excessive rains contributed to a particularly poor harvest, while some vineyard owners in famed wine regions like Bordeaux and Burgundy saw their harvests nearly wiped out by hail.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/sacre-bleu-poor-weather-ruins-wine-grape-harvest-in-france/
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