5th October, 2017 by Phoebe French
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Extreme weather, including heavy hailstorms, hard frosts and drought, has pushed the EU wine grape harvest to an historic low in 2017, the EU department for Agriculture and Rural Development has revealed.
Source: EU Commission.
As a result of the adverse climatic conditions experienced across Europe this year, the EU Commission states that “most of the wine-growing regions in Europe are expecting a very low harvest in 2017”.
Spain predicts volumes to be 16% lower compared to 2016 and in France and Italy, winemakers are expecting a 17% and 21% reduction respectively. The report stresses that these figures are an average, with some regions believed to have an even greater reduction than the national average, while others have escaped relatively unscathed.
Castilla-la-Mancha in Spain….
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