FWIW --
Heard last night that there was serious hail in the Rhone Valley. Apparently a lot of grape crop damage was done, but there were no more specifics.
Also mentioned were the effects of another year of severe drought, particularly in the Var.
-E
Hi Emery.
Not the entire Var, mostly the drought is felt in the Bandol area, where precipitation this year is 50% down, and it has not rained more than a few drops since the leaves started showing on the wines...
Looks stromy though, so everyone is betting on August rain.
Mike
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link
] On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 01:20:02 +0200, Emery Davis ] wrote: ] ] >FWIW -- ] >
] >Heard last night that there was serious hail in the Rhone Valley. Apparently a lot ] >of grape crop damage was done, but there were no more specifics. ] >
More hail was announced for the area last night.
] >Also mentioned were the effects of another year of severe drought, particularly ] >in the Var. ] ] Hi Emery. ] ] Not the entire Var, mostly the drought is felt in the Bandol area, ] where precipitation this year is 50% down, and it has not rained more ] than a few drops since the leaves started showing on the wines... ] ] Looks stromy though, so everyone is betting on August rain. ] ]
Hope you got a little from the recent system. We had about 5 ml total (that's not much). Here in AOC Calvados Domfrontais, the tiny apples are falling from the trees... along with the leaves.
-E
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