{"id":1581,"date":"2025-11-14T09:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:09:30","slug":"a-dry-hot-summer-catastrophic-for-european-winemakers-a-boon-for-british-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/?p=1581","title":{"rendered":"A dry, hot summer \u2013 catastrophic for European winemakers, a boon for British ones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of Europe has experienced an unusually hot and dry summer this year. For many winemakers, this has been a major headache. French\u00a0Beaujolais, for instance, experienced its lowest yield\u00a0in\u00a0more than 35 years. But in the UK, the situation is the opposite, as I found out in this report for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/three-stories-at-the-intersection-between-defense-and-climate-security\/audio-74734908\">Inside Europe on Deutsche Welle Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BEVANGER-UK-wines.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of Europe has experienced an unusually hot and dry summer this year. For many winemakers, this has been a major headache. French\u00a0Beaujolais, for instance, experienced its lowest yield\u00a0in\u00a0more than 35 years. But in the UK, the situation is the opposite, as I found out in this report for Inside Europe on Deutsche Welle Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-150x150.jpeg","medium":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-300x225.jpeg","medium_large":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-768x576.jpeg","large":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-1024x768.jpeg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-1536x1152.jpeg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1039-2048x1536.jpeg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"lbevanger","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a1b852b578e961002e57a208208d8c3f156202c1f46a1579da7c22a249e9fba?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Most of Europe has experienced an unusually hot and dry summer this year. 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