Wine drought feared as hailstorm hits Bordeaux region The destruction of five per cent of the Bordeaux entire vineyards could lead to a dry white wine drought as it hit the Entre Deux Mers area where it is mainly produced, and could have a significant knock-on effect on price and availability, according to wine experts. Among the hardest his was the Entre-Deux-Meres area, between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, who have almost nothing left to harvest just one month before grape picking is due to commence. Many of this area's winegrowers were not insured and face losing everything. While in Bordeaux there is a lot of red wine in stock, the same does not go for the whites. This storm will certainly affect prices and availability," he told TV channel France 24. The region has not seen anything like this since unseasonal frosts in the spring of 1991 destroyed much of that year's output, he said. Even before the storm, Bordeaux vintners were in for a tough year, with production expected to drop eight per cent compared last year. Their plight is in stark contrast to the general outlook for French wine this year, with bumper harvests predicted in Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon Champagne, among others, and overall growth in volumes of 11 percent compared to last year.