(IBT) - Lovers of French wine could soon have to pay steeper prices to get their favorite beverage. Production of wine in the country is likely to be down 10 percent due to bad weather, which leads to higher prices, officials said, according to the BBC.

Production in 2016 was first hampered by chilly weather in the spring, which was followed by a summer heat wave. Coupled together, the weather means the total output will not hit forecasts. The country is expected to produce about 944 million gallons in 2016, down from about 1.26 billion gallons last year, according to the BBC.

The French agricultural ministry’s statistical service, Agreste, blamed Thursday "the spring freeze that hit certain wine-growing areas, recurring winds made worse by drought around the Mediterranean and damage stemming from frost," the Guardian reported.

Jerôme Despey, head of the wine division of the agriculture ministry's FranceAgriMer, told the Guardian that the weather events were "spectacular," with some hailstorms that "laid waste entire vineyards."

Lovers of bubbly have it especially tough, with production down by one-third in France's Champagne region. The area was struck with several rounds of spring frost and hailstorms and harvesting is already a week behind schedule based on a 10-year average, the Guardian reported.