"
The greatest agronomic disaster of the beginning of the century
", in the words of the Minister of Agriculture, will it push French winegrowers to increase their prices?
Last April, the winegrowers suffered the full brunt of an episode of frost of an exceptional magnitude, which forced some producers to stay overnight to save their vines.
A few months later, the results are bitter.
"
The financial balance of certain farms is clearly in question, because they have lost all of their production
" warns Jérôme Despey, in charge of viticulture at the FNSEA and producer in Hérault.
Read also: April frost milder than expected for the vines
The authorities have indeed revealed, this Friday, worrying figures: according to the Ministry of Agriculture, the production of French wine should drop from 24% to 30% this year, to reach between 32.6 million and 35.6 million hectoliters.
A “
historically low
” level.
To make matters worse, some regions now have to deal with
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