With the heatwave settling over much of France for several days, some wine estates are bringing forward the working hours of their seasonal staff to avoid the hottest part of the day, especially in physcically intensive and laborious jobs.
This is the case in La Sauve, a commune in the southwest of France, in the Gironde department. Here vines are grown for Chateau Latorse, and the estate’s director has decided to have his seasonal workers start before dawn.
