Both drinkers and winemakers are breathing a sigh of relief after a run of poor harvests sent prices sky-high
Harvesters collect grapes during the harvest at the Ch‚teau de La Tour, within the Clos Vougeot vineyard in Vougeot, in the Burgundy wine region, on September 11, 2023.
Image: Arnaud Finistre / AFP
It's been a bumper harvest so far in the sun-drenched Burgundy vineyards of eastern France, where some of the world's most sought-after wines are produced.
And both drinkers and winemakers are breathing a sigh of relief after a run of poor harvests sent prices sky high.
The grape pickers working for the prestigious Clos de Vougeot—a mile (1.6 kilometres) up the road from mythic Romanee-Conti, which produces one of the world's most expensive reds—handle the bunches of blue-black pinot noir grapes with care.
And for good reason. The wine from its century-old vines can sell for several hundred euros a bottle.
While vines are being ripped out of the ground in Bordeaux, France's other top wine region, because of overproduction, Burgundy's winemakers can't get their hands on enough grapes.