Early Harvest Rattles France’s Wine Industry

Early Harvest Rattles France’s Wine Industry: Extreme heat waves this summer have set off an early grape harvest in Champagne and elsewhere in France. By Claire Moses and Ségolène Le Stradic Ségolène Le Stradic reported from Paris. Usually in August, the farmers that cultivate France’s famed Champagne grapes would be enjoying some down time ahead of the annual late-summer harvest. But this year, after an