“The weakest harvest in history”: concern in Roussillon, the drought shakes the vines

2023-08-10 14:10:44

On this first day of harvest in the Fitou appellation, straddling the Pyrénées-Orientales and the Aude, the muscat petit grain vines look like the beginning of spring, just after the first leaves have emerged: they do not reach or even exceed the stakes. Between 2022 and 2023, on the earliest plot in France, the comparison is striking.