Bordeaux’s latest vine pull scheme for 2024 – 6000 ha of vines were destroyed at 6000 Euros per ha.
Bordeaux’s latest vine pull scheme for 2024 – 6000 ha of vines were destroyed at 6000 Euros per ha.
by Uptons_BJs
6 Comments
jackloganoliver
I want to clarify that this is obviously horrible for the growers impacted, but it will prove beneficial for Bordeaux in the long run. There was just too much supply for the current market. It had to happen.
Sabbalonn1
In France it is illegal to allow a vineyard to become fallow; but the overproduction of grape is resulting in redeployment of the land
fluxural
i’ve done a precursory google, but can someone elaborate on the benefits of this? at face value, is this just manufacturing demand like the champagne region does? what do producers think of this? what do distributors think? what should consumers think?
Essentially – the way this works is that the government offers a price (in this case 6000 euro) to producers to destroy their vineyards. This is an attempt to push prices up, as there has been significant amounts of overproduction. Producers totaling 6000 hectares took them up on their offer.
Now what I find interesting is that for the first time, the vine pulls have begun in uhh, shall we say, “B list” appellations. Like, sure, nobody’s pulling in Pomerol or Margaux yet, but we see pulling happening in Medoc, in Sauternes, in Lalande de Pomerol, etc, etc.
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Isn’t this bad for the consumer? Artificially inflating the price by taking away supply that could be supported?
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I want to clarify that this is obviously horrible for the growers impacted, but it will prove beneficial for Bordeaux in the long run. There was just too much supply for the current market. It had to happen.
In France it is illegal to allow a vineyard to become fallow; but the overproduction of grape is resulting in redeployment of the land
i’ve done a precursory google, but can someone elaborate on the benefits of this? at face value, is this just manufacturing demand like the champagne region does? what do producers think of this? what do distributors think? what should consumers think?
Source: [Bordeaux 2024 weather and crop report | Gavin Quinney](https://gavinquinney.com/2025/02/28/bordeaux-2024-weather-and-crop-report/)
Essentially – the way this works is that the government offers a price (in this case 6000 euro) to producers to destroy their vineyards. This is an attempt to push prices up, as there has been significant amounts of overproduction. Producers totaling 6000 hectares took them up on their offer.
Now what I find interesting is that for the first time, the vine pulls have begun in uhh, shall we say, “B list” appellations. Like, sure, nobody’s pulling in Pomerol or Margaux yet, but we see pulling happening in Medoc, in Sauternes, in Lalande de Pomerol, etc, etc.
Isn’t this bad for the consumer? Artificially inflating the price by taking away supply that could be supported?
Ain’t nobody gonna be pulling Pomerol or Pauillac