The full-year forecast for French wine production this year has been raised to 36.7 million hectolitres, based on the first harvest reports. This is 5 percent higher than the forecast in October and 3 percent higher than last year’s harvest.
The turnaround from previous estimates is most noticeable in major wine regions such as Languedoc-Roussillon and Charentes.
Even if the new forecast holds, wine production in France will be lower than usual, at about 10 percent below the average for the past five years.
Champagne is one of the regions hardest hit by the drought. There, sparkling wine production this year looks set to be about half the 2025 level.
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