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French wine producers brace for massive losses as cold snap decimates crops Issued on: 14/04/2021 - 10:07 A winegrower from the Luneau-Papin wine estate lights anti-frost candles in the vineyard in Le Landreau, near Nantes, western France, on April 12, 2021, as temperatures fall below zero degrees celsius. AFP - SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS Text by: David Coffey with RFI 3 min Across France, wine growers are reeling after unseasonal freezing temperatures, which have affected hundreds of thousands...

French growers feel the pinch as cold snap wrecks crops 161 AMPUIS, France, April 14, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Standing on a steep narrow path amid rows of vines, Michael Gerin wonders whether any of this year’s harvest can be salvaged. The worst spring frost in decades has killed off most of the shoots, and the weather forecast is not promising. “We should have six bunches of grapes per vine. Now we’re hoping for maybe one,” Gerin told AFP at his 17-hectare property in the heart of the Rhone valley, one of the country’s prime wine-growing regions. The local Cote-Rotie vineyards, famous f...

French growers feel the pinch as cold snap wrecks crops

Tuesday, 13 Apr 2021 11:33 PM MYT ‘We usually produce 80,000 bottles, but this year it'll be 10,000 or 15,000 at most,’ Michael Gerin says. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. AMPUIS (France), April 13 — Standing on a steep narrow path amid rows of vines, Michael Gerin wonders whether any of this year’s harvest can be salvaged. The worst spring frost in decades has killed off most of the shoots, and the weather forecast is not promising. “We should have six bunches of grapes per vine. Now we’re hoping for maybe one,” Ger...