Last month, I was lucky enough to be invited to travel to south-est France to explore the refurbished brand home of Rémy Martin as part of the cognac house’s tricentennial celebrations. The 90-minute taxi journey north from Bordeaux Airport to the Charente region proved a sobering one, with water-logged fields and vineyards on either side of the road for much of the soggy journey.The past few months have seen some dreadful weather hit France, with some regions in October experiencing their worst floods in 40 years. Unsurprisingly, these high levels of precipitation have greatly impacted the
Rémy Martin’s hands-on approach to the climate change challenge – Comment
With fields and vineyards across France battered by historic rains, winemakers and distillers are grappling with the implications of extreme weather events, falling yields and a changing terroir.

Joe has been a business journalist for over 20 years, specialising in the drinks, aviation and Global Travel Retail sectors; Duty-Free News International, IWSR Magazine, Drinks International and Whisky Magazine, among others.



