Posted on 11/06/2016 4:42:43 PM PST by Olog-hai
This isnt so much a harvest, as a hunt for grapes, said French winemaker Jean-Jacques Robert, with a rueful laugh as he unloaded grapes still warm from his vineyards around Fuisse in Burgundy.
Its a catastrophe, the worst harvest for 30 or 40 years, said the normally cheery 64-year-old owner of Domaine Robert-Denogent.
The organic winemaker lost between two-thirds and three-quarters of his harvest in one hailstorm in April.
He is not alone. For thousands of French winemakers, 2016 will go down as an annus horribilis, with vines destroyed by frost, heavy rain, hailstones as big as ping pong balls, mildew and drought near the Mediterranean.
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Sonoma Valley isn’t Bordeaux ;-)
It will become eventually, they just need a few more years of wine making under their belts. It takes time to learn all the ins and outs of producing really good wine.
Those tricky French just want to raise their wine prices.<<<
Along the lines I was thinking. Any wines coming out of that area should be very expensive...rare.
Oh no what am I going to do without my booze. Ian very sad. Boo hoo.
Let the French drink California wines
Texas is bigger than France.
But we all knew that.
“For me - this is quite depressing.”
Don’t let it be. Some of the VERY BEST wines come from years when the vines had to really struggle. I suspect that 2016 vintage will be quite valuable down the road. That is, if Hillary doesn’t get into office.
Thank you! I will find them and buy them up.
Maybe. Or maybe he sells wine from other locations.
When I was travelling, I always tried the locally produced stuff, rather than the wines that are available every where.
I had a some pleasant Texas wines during a couple trips to Dallas and Houston.
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