Paris, Nov 8, 2024 (AFP) - France expects massive slump in 2024 wine harvest

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2024-11-08

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 would also be a 17-percent drop on the average......

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