Copa and Cogeca, the farming and agri-cooperative organisations in the EU, gave a warning on Thursday 11 May of the harm caused by the cold spell and frost to vineyards in many member states.
At the Copa and Cogeca wine working party meeting, many members, notably from the big wine producing countries – France, Spain, Italy and Germany – complained of poor weather conditions in their countries, especially frost, which is expected to have a significant impact on this year’s wine...