Severe hail hits Bordeaux

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On Friday 15 May 2009 | By Richard Weaver | No comments

An interesting news item on Decanter.com caught my attention this morning, with hailstorms damamging vineyards in St-Emilion and the southern Médoc.

As the article points out, it’s too early for this to affect quality, but damage to the vine’s delicate new growth this early in the season could potentially lead to a reduced crop for the 2009 vintage.

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Richard Weaver

I am Ecommerce Director for Majestic Wine, responsible for all our website and online marketing activities. I've been with the company since 1998, working in several of our stores in London before moving to head office to launch the Majestic website in 2000. I drink wines from all over the world but if I had to pick I'd say my favourites are the reds of Spain, the south of France, the Rhône and Bordeaux. I'm also pretty partial to a drop of (preferably very fine) vintage Champagne! Our offices are in Watford, Hertfordshire, and I live in north London.