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France expects the worst wine harvest in years.
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Source: AFP
Unfavourable weather has likely slashed France’s 2024 wine harvest by 23 percent compared to the previous year, the agriculture ministry said in an estimate published Friday.
The ministry’s 37-million-hectolitre (980 million gallons) forecast for this year’s harvest would be close to the crisis-hit sector’s record lows of 2017 and 2021, both also hamstrung by weather effects.
If confirmed, the figure…
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