Russian producers 'on brink of wipe-out' after worst winter for decades
Russian producers 'on brink of wipe-out' after worst winter for decades
Feb 20, 2012 6
(Decanter) - Russian producers are calling on the government to avert a crisis as the worst winter weather in half a century has wiped out up to half this year's wine harvest.The federal government to take action, one producer said, with another warning, ‘Everybody was on the brink of a wipe-out.’
Temperatures dipped as low as as -30C in some areas, with Chateau Le Grand Vostock, based in Krasnodar’s Krymsk district, recording 15 days with an hourly average temperature of -15C – and three nights below -20C
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