Between the frost and a hard place

Hannah reflects on the April frost that has wiped out up to 80% of France's wine for 2021

Climate change is planting Syrah in the Loire and -8°C frost in April in the Roussillon. It’s harvest one week earlier than last year - every year - and picking grapes at dawn. It’s summers so hot the vines shut down, and winters so mild that parasites stay alive and the vines can't rest.

There’s mildew where there should be winds and drought where it us…