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Late frost damage to over 10 percent of the Austrian vineyard area

A widespread spell of frost, that brought temperatures as low as minus 5°C overnight from 17th to 18th May 2012, has caused significantly more serious damage than originally estimated.

frost, Copyright AWMB/ Toifl
frost, © Austrian Wine/ Toifl

Josef Pleil, President of the Austrian winegrowers´association quoted a loss of approximately 6,000 hectares (ha), particularly in Niederösterreich (Lower Austria); with some 2,000 ha of partial damage and 4,000 ha of total loss. The brunt of the cold current hit the Pulkau Valley in northern Weinviertel, along with the neighbouring South Moravian region, with this chilling weather affecting Austria’s largest region for Grüner Veltliner.

Josef Pleil, President of the Austrian winegrowers´association quoted a loss of approximately 6,000 hectares (ha), particularly in Niederösterreich (Lower Austria); with some 2,000 ha of partial damage and 4,000 ha of total loss. The brunt of the cold current hit the Pulkau Valley in northern Weinviertel, along with the neighbouring South Moravian region, with this chilling weather affecting Austria’s largest region for Grüner Veltliner.

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