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- 1French wine country faces climate, tariffs and falling demand▼In French wine country, climate change, tariffs and dwindling demand are a recipe for trouble
France's wine industry is confronting a convergence of pressures: climate change is disrupting harvests, US tariffs are squeezing export markets, and domestic and global demand for wine is shrinking. Growers and producers in regions like Bordeaux face falling sales and financial strain, prompting debate over vineyard pull-outs, subsidies and how the centuries-old industry must adapt to survive.