Paul Bonin headed to his vineyard in Gevingey to give the vines their first cut, but he was shocked to find that they had been stripped of their grapes.
The 48-year-old winemaker initially suspected that birds had devoured the grapes while he slept, but he then realised that he had fallen victim to burglary.
‘Friends showed me bunches of grapes that had fallen to the ground, neatly cut with pruning shears,’ Bonin told France 3.
Bonin had only harvested 10kg of grapes before the thieves struck, and they made off with 800kg, leaving nothing in their wake.
‘That means another year without income,’ he said. ‘I only made 200 litres of juice. It is a blow to the head.’
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