Lu dans le journal du week-end à propos des vignobles français :
The grapes, they said, had benefited from a severe winter that killed off harmful bugs and allowed the wines to rest. A wet spring had also resplenished a depleter water table, helping to produce a humper crop.
Most important, summer has been unusually fine, warm and dry yet not too hot. Nights were noticeably cooler than in the heatwave vintage of 2003, for example, when many grapes turned to raisins on the vine.