The European Commission has authorised a €300 million French state aid scheme to compensate wine companies for the grubbing-up of vines in the Bordeaux vineyards.
The aid is intended to compensate vineyard owners approaching retirement age or owners undergoing professional conversion who voluntarily remove vines on a long-term basis.
The aim of this grubbing-up is to reduce the density of vineyards in Gironde in order to combat the spread of the flavescence dorée disease.
The aid will be...