FRENCH WINE CROP.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17328, 17 November 1916, Page 5

FRENCH WINE CROP.

CHAMPAGNE HARVEST WORST ON RECORD.

By TelegTaph—Press Association—Copyright,' ■

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 16, 5.35 p.m.) PARIS, November 16. The " Moniteur Vinicole" .esiimate§i the '■ French wine crop at aboutt 40,000,000 hoctolitres. The quantityij. available for the season 1916-17, in--, eluding tho Algerian, will be 63,200,000] hectolitres. The champagne harvest is- < one of the worst on record. The phyl-, - loxera has worked extensive damage,, and owing to the scarcity of labour, the;: prospects for the future are not rosy. ;