harvest
Stories tagged “harvest”
Peru blueberry exports cut again as El Niño strengthens
Proarándanos now expects 382,000 tonnes for 2026-27, 6% below its August figure, as Peru's forecasters see an extraordinary coastal El Niño lasting into 2027.
Rioja's earliest harvest exposes a grape price fight
Rioja's 2026 harvest is the earliest on record, but the extra quality isn't reaching grower pay. Farmers say prices still sit below production costs; wineries call this year's terms stable.
Champagne gets a 15 percent alcohol limit for 2026
After the region's earliest harvest on record left grapes unusually rich in sugar, French authorities raised Champagne's alcohol ceiling from its usual 13 percent.
Poulet vigneronne recipe, Burgundy's grape-harvest chicken
This poulet vigneronne recipe braises chicken with verjuice and whole grapes, the dish Burgundy cooks made each September to feed the vendange crews.
France wine harvest 2026 set for lowest level since 1957
Hail, heatwaves and drought have pushed national output below 34 million hectolitres, with Champagne and Burgundy hit hardest while Bordeaux gains.
Chianti Classico Expo brings 64 wineries to Greve
The 54th Expo Chianti Classico fills Greve's main square through 13 September, pouring Sangiovese from every corner of the zone just as the harvest gets under way in the surrounding hills.
Zwiebelkuchen recipe, the onion tart of the harvest
A kilo of onions cooked without colour, a set custard and a yeast base rather than pastry. In the German wine villages it is eaten with new wine, standing up.
French wine harvest heads for its lowest level since 1957
Champagne is down 48% on last year and Pinot Noir by about half, while Bordeaux gained 10% on late summer rain. Volume is short; quality may not be.
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