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'Agricultural disaster': Unseasonal cold snap decimates French wine industry

'Agricultural disaster': Unseasonal cold snap decimates French wine industry
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'Agricultural disaster': third of French wine lost after cold snaps | Wine

The destruction has hit a swathe of France, including Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône Valley and Provence, damaging vines but also hitting growers of kiwis, apricots, apples and other fruit as well as crops such as beet and rapeseed. Wine-makers had battled over several nights to try to save vineyards, attempting to heat up fields by lighting thousands of small fires and candles near vines and trees. This created the extraordinary spectacle of the night sky lit by rows of flames between vines. President Emmanuel Macron tweeted a picture of vineyards lit by candles, expressing support for farmers whom he said were fighting “night after night” to protect crops.

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Third of French wine lost after rare cold snaps devastate vines

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 century,” the French agriculture minister, Julien Denormandie, said this week as the government declared an “agricultural disaster” and began preparing emergency financial measures. © Photograph: Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA

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