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    FORCES OF NATURE

    Jul 07, 2019 4 minutes
    WORDS CLIVE HARTLEY

    ’M writing this in April and again hearing stories about spring frost creating havoc in France. The Loire Valley has been hit for the third time in four years. On the nights of April 26 and 27, 2016, there was frost in Burgundy that severely reduced the crop and saw the village of Marsannay lose 90 per cent of its fruit. In 2017 the right bank of Bordeaux was hit, and it is regarded as the worst freeze since 1991. Yields were cut by up to 40 per cent. Chablis was also hit and vignerons lit up 1000 anti

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