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Heatwaves prompt early harvest across France's vineyards

Early harvests are now being seen across all of France's wine-growing regions. RFI/Agnieszka Kumor

The harvest has begun earlier this year across France's wine-producing regions, with extreme temperatures due to climate change causing grapes to ripen earlier. Heatwaves and wildfires can also mean a loss of crops and land, and an increase in diseases and pests.

Grape harvests in France are starting on average three weeks earlier than in the 1980s, according to the National Institute for Agricultural, Food and Environmental Research (Inrae).

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