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Degrees Fahrenheit experienced by some of the French and Italian vineyards hit by devastating frosts over the past week and a half. The French government declared vineyards in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, and the Rhône Valley an “agriculture disaster.” More than 50% of the 2021 Burgundy crop may be lost. The spring frosts came just when the vines had begun to bud out. A destroyed bud means no grape cluster will form.

It’s a Dog’s Life

For wine lovers, the discovery of terroir is a breakthrough that cannot be unbroken. Once you’ve found it, you’ll seek it in all wines for the rest of your life.

—Patrick Comiskey,
from the Forward to the upcoming book Wine and Place by Tim Patterson and John Buechsenstein (UC Press)

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