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Valley of the Doldrums

Rainy harvest tested winemakers in Loire's diverse regions
Bruce Sanderson
Issue: August 31, 2001

Wine is like life -- not every vintage has a happy ending. In the marginal northerly climate of France's Loire Valley, vintners gamble with the weather every year. In 1998, 1999 and 2000, most of them lost.

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