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Comité Champagne announces 2025 harvest conditions
The Comité Champagne has announced the conditions for this year’s upcoming harvest, after Champagne winegrowers and houses met in Épernay.
Champagne houses have been grappling with volatile weather conditions for some years, and are carefully considering how best to mitigate the effects in the vineyard and the cellar.
Bordeaux weather conditions fall into place for 2023 harvest
The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) has reported the 2023 Bordeaux harvest, which started a few days ahead of normal, has seen weather conditions fall into place during the end of the summer despite difficult weather this year.
French wine’s rebound threatened by drought
Wine production in France has been forecasted to rebound this year following the frost-hit 2021 harvest but the ministry of Agriculture and Food has warned that worsening drought could curb volumes.
Australian vintage is exceptional
Australian wine producer Australian Vintage (AVL) has hailed the 2012 vintage from the Sunraysia and the Riverland wine region as ‘exceptional’ and one of the best in the past two decades.
