Disaster strikes Pouilly Fuisse

The weather was generally hot in southern Burgundy during July. However there have been some heavy storms, usually in the evening. The local newspaper, le Journal de Saone-et-Loire, reported in its 3 August edition that two storms on 13 and 23 July, were accompanied by heavy hail. These had a disasterous effect on vineyards in the Pouilly Fuisse. The villages of Pouilly and Fuisse were hardest hit by the first storm, with Solutre and Davaye being most affected by the later storm. Between 30% and 80% of ripening grpaes may have been destroyed.