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Coverage dated October 7, 2026

French wine industry facing historic low harvest after extreme summer heat

Headline from The Guardian

This year’s harvest is expected to be down 2% on mediocre 2025 yield, which was lowest in nearly 70 years France’s wine industry is facing a historic low harvest after the country was hit by a series of summer heatwaves.

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  1. Bloomberg

    French Wine Output at Lowest in Almost 70 Years on Heat, Drought (opens Bloomberg)

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    France’s wine output is set to drop to an almost 70-year low after scorching heat waves and drought battered vineyards, at a time when the industry is also grappling with weak global demand.

  2. France 24

    French wine output set to hit historic low after record summer heatwaves (opens France 24)

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    The French agriculture ministry on Wednesday forecast a historic low wine output this year after a summer of record high temperatures and a reduction in cultivated areas. The total harvest plunged 14 percent below the 2021–2025 average, with the Champagne region hit hardest due to an early harvest a…

  3. The Guardian

    French wine industry facing historic low harvest after extreme summer heat (opens The Guardian)

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    This year’s harvest is expected to be down 2% on mediocre 2025 yield, which was lowest in nearly 70 years France’s wine industry is facing a historic low harvest after the country was hit by a series of summer heatwaves.

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