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  1. "Drinking this year's #champagne 🍾 might give you a heftier headache as #France 's record heatwaves are forcing some producers to up the alcohol levels[...]
    French authorities have allowed champagne houses to make their bubbly with alcohol content of up to 15 percent, a historic first for a #wine usually limited to 13 percent.
    Growers had to harvest exceptionally early this year as extreme #heat sped sugar buildup – and hence natural #alcohol production – in the grapes."

    france24.com/en/france/2026090

  2. Champagne’s old problem was getting grapes ripe. In 2026, growers were racing to preserve acidity instead.

    The region opened its earliest harvest on record, beginning 8 August, after frost, heatwaves and drought. Similar shifts are appearing across other wine regions too.

    The harvest calendar is changing — and so is what “ripe” means in the vineyard.

    worldfoodwine.com/worldly/the-

    #WineWednesday #wine #Champagne

  3. Champagne’s old problem was getting grapes ripe. In 2026, growers were racing to preserve acidity instead.

    The region opened its earliest harvest on record, beginning 8 August, after frost, heatwaves and drought. Similar shifts are appearing across other wine regions too.

    The harvest calendar is changing — and so is what “ripe” means in the vineyard.

    worldfoodwine.com/worldly/the-

    #WineWednesday #wine #Champagne

  4. International French 75 Day™ to Debut May 29, 2027

    New annual celebration marks the centennial year of the French 75 recipe published in Here’s How in 1927 September 8, 2026 (Seattle, WA) — International French 75 Day™ will make its debut on…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #Champagne #cocktails #francais #france #French #frenchwine #hospitality #InternationalNews #SparklingWine #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2806570/i

  5. French wine output set for 70-year low after record heat

    French wine production is set to fall to its lowest level in almost 70 years in 2026, with drought and record summer heat expected to cut output by 6 per cent and halve Champagne production, according to…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #Champagne #drought #francais #france #French #frenchwine #heatwaves #vineyards #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2805946/f

  6. French wine output set for 70-year low after record heat

    French wine production is set to fall to its lowest level in almost 70 years in 2026, with drought and record summer heat expected to cut output by 6 per cent and halve Champagne production, according to…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #Champagne #drought #francais #france #French #frenchwine #heatwaves #vineyards #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2805946/f

  7. French wine output set for 70-year low after record heat

    French wine production is set to fall to its lowest level in almost 70 years in 2026, with drought and record summer heat expected to cut output by 6 per cent and halve Champagne production, according to…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #Champagne #drought #francais #france #French #frenchwine #heatwaves #vineyards #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2805946/f

  8. French wine output set for 70-year low after record heat

    French wine production is set to fall to its lowest level in almost 70 years in 2026, with drought and record summer heat expected to cut output by 6 per cent and halve Champagne production, according to…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #Champagne #drought #francais #france #French #frenchwine #heatwaves #vineyards #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2805946/f