Jura. Threat of frost in the vineyards: "We have passed the critical period"

For several years now, the month of April has been causing winegrowers to break out in a cold sweat. Without going back too far, they still remember the icy night of April 23, 2024, which decimated more than half of the vineyards. In the midst of an early spring of 2025, these chills seem to be a thing of the past .

"We've passed the critical period. The Ice Saints, that ancestral landmark, are no longer really relevant for the vines. On the other hand, those who planted lettuce on the first plateau may have taken a risk," smiles Gaël Delorme, a technician at the Jura Viticulture Society (SVJ), in...

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