Burgundy's prized vineyards reel as weather hammers harvest

Solutre-Pouilly, France (AFP) Sept 25, 2021

Heavy rains, frost, hail and disease have battered vineyards across France this year but few places were hit as hard as Burgundy, where growers are warning of the poorest harvests in memory. "In a normal year it would be full by 9:30 am," said Julien Cheveau as he watched workers dump grapes into a cart at the muddy edge of his field in Solutre-Pouilly, part of the famed Pouilly-Fuisse appel