Frost damage in many European wine regions

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23 April, 2024
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There are increasing reports of  damage to young vines from , Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Tyrol. The onset of cold polar air is causing the shoots, which are already well advanced due to the very warm weather in March and April, to freeze. The danger is likely to persist for a few more nights. In , the  and  regions are literally trembling for their yields, and there has already been damage in central France.

According to a report in the Swiss daily newspaper “Blick”, the valley locations in Valais have been hit hard so far. In Germany, reports from winegrowers are piling up on social media. Particularly in Franconia,  and on the ,  and Ruwer, where  Florian Lauer**** speaks of damage to around 40 per cent of the growing area on Facebook. Radio Prague International reports similar figures for the Bohemian vineyards.

In Austria, the areas along the Danube are mainly affected. In the , ,  and  wine-growing regions in particular, more than 1,000 hectares are likely to have suffered  damage by Monday morning alone, as Rudolf  from the Ministry of Agriculture reported in an interview. In the , the   took moving pictures while the  candles lit up  an der Donau. This enabled him and his colleagues to save  of the vines in the valley vineyards. Nevertheless, there were also isolated cases of frostbite on the slopes, the extent of which is still difficult to assess. He estimates the costs for the use of  candles at around 6,000 euros per hectare. In Styria, the cold and the massive snowfall on Tuesday caused an unknown amount of damage in the wine-growing areas, as orf.at writes. No major damage has yet been reported in Burgenland.

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