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Bordeaux vineyards escaped the immediate wildfires, but repeated heatwaves and nearly two months without sufficient rain are shrinking grapes and accelerating the 2026 harvest

Wine producers across Bordeaux are preparing for an early, difficult harvest as nearly two months without rain and ongoing heatwaves shrink grapes on the vine, even though local vineyards narrowly escaped destruction from massive wildfires burning across south-western France.

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