{"id":1596553,"date":"2022-08-09T11:09:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596553"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:09:39","slug":"france-expects-wine-production-rebound-but-drought-threatens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-expects-wine-production-rebound-but-drought-threatens\/","title":{"rendered":"France expects wine production rebound but drought threatens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrance-expects-wine-production-rebound-but-drought-threatens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>PARIS (Reuters) -Wine production in France is expected to rebound this year from frost-hit output in 2021, although deepening drought may curb volumes, the country\u2019s farm ministry said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Wine production is expected to rise by 13-21% to between 42.6 million and 45.6 million hectolitres, the ministry projected in its first outlook for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>A hectolitre is the equivalent of 100 litres, or 133 standard wine bottles.<\/p>\n<p>The forecast range is even with to 7% above the five-year average, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Most areas experienced more favourable weather than last year for the flowering of vines, except for parts of the southwest which were affected by frost and hail, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn these conditions, production is trending towards an increase compared with last year in all wine regions, with the exception of Charentes,\u201d it said in a report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, soil drought combined with heatwaves could limit this increase if they persist until harvesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French agricultural sector, the European Union\u2019s largest, fears mounting losses from the country\u2019s worst drought on record which has been fuelled by successive heatwaves.<\/p>\n<p>Dry, warm weather this year had reduced disease pressure on vines and was also set to lead to an early start to the grape harvest, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Drought was nonetheless affecting grapes in regions such as Alsace in the east and Languedoc-Roussillon in the far southwest, while starting to curb harvest potential in Burgundy, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Production in Bordeaux was set to fall below the five-year average after frost and hail damaged around 10,000 hectares to a varying extent, the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>The Champagne region was set for a good harvest with output seen above the five-year average, helped by rainfall in June and limited vine disease, it said.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Gus Trompiz; 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