Three vineyards have had grapes and even whole vines stolen since mid-September, police said on Wednesday. Between 600 and 700kg (1,300 and 1,500lb) of grapes were stolen from a vineyard in Pomerol, which produces top quality reds. Thieves making away with grapes is not a new phenomenon but it has surged this year apparently because of a very low yield. To combat the frost, nervous Bordeaux winemakers set fires in oil drums, then positioned them carefully between the rows of budding grapevines. At the prestigious Vinexpo wine fair in Bordeaux in June, winemakers brainstormed over how to mitigate challenges to their livelihood posed by climate change.

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2017 00:56 UTC