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About Chardonnay One of the most popular and widely planted white grapes in the world, Chardonnay produces some of the world’s most iconic white and sparkling wines. The grape is the hallmark of many New World regions, yet its spiritual home is in France. There, it produces some of the most sought-after and long-lived white wines in Burgundy as well as transcendent sparkling wines in Champagne. The vine performs well in a variety of climates, ranging from cool regions like Chablis in Burgundy...

Getty When frosts arrived in French vineyards the week of April 5, initial reports suggested the entire 2021 vintage would be destroyed. Fortunately, it’s not as bad as that. Overall, in France, about 30% of the 2021 crop was destroyed, according to still-early government estimates. Smaller but similar hits were reported in Italy, Germany and Spain. It’s possible a second, smaller crop will appear on some French vines, but frost will affect the 2021 and 2022 vintages. Some vines in France h...

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Decanter What has changed about the style of Chablis in recent years? Mark Smyly, Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK, asks: Modern-day Chablis is nothing like the heaven-in-a-glass, stony mineral wines that used to be my favourite white wine by a long way in the 1960s. What has changed? Andy Howard MW, a contributing editor to Decanter and a DWWA Regional Chair, replies: Like you, I have long been a fan of the structured, fine acidity and discreet (if at all) oak of Chablis, and that salty, pebbly, ...

Chablis is one of the most popular white wines on the market, but it isn’t cheap and, thanks to late frosts and Brexit, it’s not likely to get cheaper

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Part of the reason for the widespread destruction has been the balmy weather stimulating budburst at the end of March. In Bordeaux, where temperatures had hovered around the mid-20s (mid-to-high 70s in Fahrenheit) for more than a week before the cold hit, many vines had already developed multiple leaves. When temperatures dipped to minus 5C last week, the results were disastrous. The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) released a statement saying the 2021 volumes would be sever...

Third of French wine lost after rare cold snaps devastate vines Angelique Chrisafis in Paris © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA At least a third of French wine production worth almost €2bn (£1.7bn) in sales will be lost this year after rare freezing temperatures devastated many vines and fruit crops across France, raising concerns over the climate crisis. “This is probably the greatest agricultural catastrophe of the beginning of the 21st ...

The Globe and Mail Waters on wine Dave Sheppard, a founding Canadian winemaker in Niagara, prepares to step back from his role at Flat Rock Published April 14, 2021 Handout Having made wine for the past 40 years, including some of the first chardonnays, pinot noirs and ice wines produced in Canada, Dave Sheppard is ready to step back. Since joining Flat Rock Cellars in Jordan, Ont., in 2017, the veteran vintner explains that part of his job was to ensure a seamless succession for assistant ...

“We’re done with surprises. We need that stability and need to be able to plan and move forward with confidence that these aren’t going to come back into play,” Mr. Fortgang, a co-owner and wine director at his Portland restaurants, told The Washington Times. Bottles that once cost Mr. Fortgang about $20 are now $25, and it only gets worse for the high-end beverages such as scotch and Burgundy. With names Le Pigeon and Canard, his restaurants have an unmistakable French bent, so he can�...