Harsh weather as climate changes brings challenges to French wine country

A grape-picker harvests Chardonnay grapes at Domaine Lavantureux, in Chablis, Burgundy region, France (Aurelien Morissard/AP)

French wine makers have warned the 2024 “millesime” – wine from a single year’s harvest – will be in short supply after one of the wettest years on record.

Severe conditions across much of France’s wine country amid a changing climate in 2024 came after years of challenges to vineyards and wine quality caused by drought and heat.