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Because of the enormous expense of collection, checking, and sterilizing of returned glass bottles and jars, a majority of professionals in the sector have joined forces against the bill being considered in France as a result of the “Convention...

While Sweden is cancelling a car rally “due to lack of snow,” it has been announced, with baleful looks, that France will probably lose a third of its wine-producing land. If Europe was united as it should be, we...

Every year, the French vine speaks to us. It tells us of rather sorrowful things, that it is dying of thirst and heat, but never mind that; it is just a bit of twisted brown wood that can’t even...

A very pessimistic international study on the future of winemaking in France is forcing winegrowers to react and adapt. “The very identity of Burgundy wines is under threat from climate change”. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/vin-et-changement-climatique-en-bourgogne-les-vignerons-tentent-de-s-adapter-2100757.html

They are not waiting for French vineyards to be under twenty metres of sand or mud. A rolling of eyes and rubbing of hands greets the announcement of the coming temperature rises. Growing a dozen tomato plants in the...