Meanwhile French wine news website vitisphere.com spoke of a "nightmarish" weekend for French vineyards, with a powerful thunderstorm rolling across the Minervois, Saint-Chinian, the Hrault and the Gard departments, bringing further hail to some areas. The Drme and Ardche departments to the northeast (including the wider Ctes du Rhne) were also hit by storms, with localised hail and high-speed winds. The website also noted that Burgundy and Alsace were hit by storms and that localised hail fell in Bordeaux.