"The new phylloxera"?

Champagne's vineyards are "at war" with Flavescence Dorée

The seriousness of the recent spread in the disease Flavescence Dorée in Champagne can easily be laid out in numbers and maps. As someone that regularly talks to the Champenois, though, I’ve been sensing it, too, in a certain reticence to talk about the topic. Short answers, pursed lips. There’s no Omertà, exactly, but ‘F.D.’ is more than an irritation,…