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Posted: Friday, August 17 2007. 11:00 AM

France Expects Lower Yields due to Heavy Rains

Just when it looked as though France might be able to capitalise on Australia's recent low-yielding vintage, the Ministre de l'Agriculture has revised its original yield estimate following poor weather. It is expected to fall down to just under 50million hectolitres, first time since 2003 when the country was hit by heat wave.

The ministry revised its figures earlier this month following an original prediction in July of 51.2m hl (hectoliters). The current estimate now stands at 49.9hl, 2.4m hl higher than the 2003 summer affected heat waves.

However, the ministry did confirm that the change in estimate between July and August is due to the recent bad weather. Officials say that further bad weather could continue to reduce the crop, threatening to reduce overall yields to 2003 levels.

At a time when the EU is looking to solve the European wine glut problem, it appears that the rain is doing the job. But French producers cannot blame it all on the weather as, according to the agriculture ministry, the drop in Vin de Table production (expected to be 23% this year) is mostly due to an ongoing grubbing-up programme in the South of France. Meanwhile, appellation wine production is forecast to fall by approximately 2% this vintage.

Heavy rain this summer has led to fears of odium and other forms of rot in Bordeaux, with some vineyards in the Southern Graves losing up to 90% of their crops. Problems have also been reported in Beaujolais, the Loire and the Rhône valley. Meanwhile, in Champagne, The Syndicat Général des Vignerons (SGV) has predicted that average yields for 2007 will be down by around 3,000kg per hectare, compared to last year.

The vintage looks set to yield 23 million hectoliters of appellation wines, 19 million hectolires of VDP and 8 million hectoliters of brandy wine.

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