http://www.france24.com/en/20130806-french-state-urged-help-devastated-winemakers-bordeaux-hailstorm
Maybe those who can should stock up on French Bordeaux now, as prices will rise. A bit of the article...
The total cost to the mostly small-scale winemakers in the Entre-deux-Mers region is difficult to calculate.
And while most of them do not insure their crops, the damage to the local industry is likely to be huge.
Farges explained that 2013 was already set to be a small year – with an anticipated 4.5 million hectolitres compared to 5.4 in 2012. The weekend’s storm was “a catastrophe”, he said.
Winegrower Loic de Roquefeuil, who produces a Bordeaux Supérieur at Saint-Léon, said his entire 30 hectares had been destroyed. He was not insured.
“There’s nothing left, it’s appalling,” he told AFP. “I’ve lost the equivalent of 200,000 bottles, with a wholesale value of three euros each. That's a huge loss.”
