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Following this horror scenario brings back memories of extremely localized but unprecedented precipitation that three summers ago, almost from one hour to the next, engulfed my own property in a destructive, heretofore unimaginable 1.5 meter torrent.

Sep Mantler has been reported as suggesting that conditions this year were unfortunately conducive to relatively brittle, fragile grape skins, which would aggravate the risk of rupture when the vines pump water. And while its obvious that lower-lying or more level vineyard sites and those with heavier soils will be slower in drying to the point where treaded vehicles can enter, I'm getting reports of Weingartswege being washed out in steep, stony locations like the Kamptal's iconic Heiligenstein.

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Thank you for the additional updates David. I guess the full extent of damage to infrastructure and grapes won't be clear for a while longer.

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