31 May 2016 – ‘Catastrophic’ hail in Chablis, Beaujolais and Cognac.
Fierce hailstorms have damaged vineyards in parts of Chablis in Burgundy, plus Beaujolais and Cognac, leading the country’s farming federation to declare a ‘state of catastrophe’ in the worst-hit
One producer told France’s Le Figaro newspaper, ‘it’s Apocalypse Now’.
It is the second hailstorm that some vineyards have experienced already this year and frost had already damaged some growers’ first buds in April.
http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/hail-in-chablis-vineyards-catastrophe-305536/#Zkkm1tZum0c66zBu.01
Thanks to George Martinez for this link
The post Hail destroys vines in France appeared first on Ice Age Now.
