For the second year drought hit the grapes in Greece, the prices of this year's harvest

Grape production faced serious problems again this year, according to the harvest report issued by KEOSOE. Downy mildew, which affected the vineyards in 2023 in the great majority of the country's wine-growing regions (Tyrnavos, Nemea, Heraklion, etc.) and the second consecutive year of drought, accompanied by the prolonged high temperatures of last July, are the general causes, of a expected for the second year, a small harvest of grapes and by extension wine production, in 2024. The downy mildew of 2023 is responsible for the creation of a small number of reproductive buds, resulting in a decrease in grape production, as well as the prolonged high temperatures affected fruit set and the homogeneity in ripening, as a result of which the grapes are dehydrated, underweight and in many cases fruitlessness is observed in most of the stems. The common denominator regarding the importation of grapes throughout the country is the possibility or not of irrigating the vineyards, which is ...