boars attack vines

The heat has a rather surprising consequence in the vineyards of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). On the hill of Bellet, the grapes are already gorged with sugar and the harvest will only take place in a month, but some amateurs have started tasting the most beautiful bunches. These are boars affected by drought and lack of water. This is a new battle that the winegrowers concerned must therefore wage.

“It becomes really worrying, because there are more and more of them, (…) it demolishes everything”, laments one of them. To fight against this degradation, it is a question of employing the great means, namely stakes and wire netting. Indeed, he decided to fence all his plots. “Last year, we lost about 15%, we had no water. There, this year, it’s going to be catastrophic”develops the winemaker