From: La Ferme de la Ruchotte

My ‘vintage updates’ seem to be becoming more of a ‘hail-watch’ than anything. Anyway, here’s the mid-July ‘hail-report’:

Yesterday evening there was a tremendous storm following a hot day of about 30°C. It seems from reports in so-far, that the Côte d’Or pretty-much escaped with a mere 50 millimetres of rain in about 12 hours.

Less lucky as you can see from the linked photo, was Bligny-sur-Ouche, which I think would be classified as Hautes Côtes de Beaune – if they still have some grapes!

Now those things have really got to hurt. Never-mind their grapes, do you think any of their cows survived?

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There are 2 responses to “hail-watch…”

1. Ray Walker14th July 2009 at 8:59 pmPermalinkReply

   Bill, thanks for the heads up. The phrase dodging bullets comes to mind…

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2. bmcq17th July 2009 at 11:37 amPermalinkReply

   Was that near Bligny-sur-Ouch?

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   • billn17th July 2009 at 1:24 pmPermalinkReply

     It was indeed… 😉

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