21 Oct, 2017 @ 09:51
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Balsamic vinegar prices to soar by up to 50% following poor harvests

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THE price of balsamic vinegar could rocket by almost 50% due to poor harvests.

The popular dressing is made from grape ‘must’, the cooked juice of grapes grown in Italy and Spain.

But a late spring frost and a very dry summer has led to a devastating crop failure.

The yield will be down 15% over the next year, leading to shortages and increased prices.

Trade journal The Grocer said ‘prices will change rapidly’ and that ‘an increase of 45% is not out of the question.’

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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