French Wine Production Seen Plunging up to 30% in 2021

French wine production is expected to tumble in 2021 after severe spring frosts and summer rain ravaged vines, according to official estimates. France’s agriculture ministry said on 6 August those conditions are expected to see the country’s production drop between 24% and 30% this year compared to 2020. “The spring frost has reduced a good part of production, which would be historically low, lower than those of 1991 and 2017,” it said on its website. Late frosts in both of those years resulted in poor grape harvests.