WINE NEWS /
Climatic Changes May Alter Geography
of Wine
A recent
study performed at the University of Milan showed that the geography
of wine production may change considerably due to climatic changes.
In the next fifty years, the progressive heating of the climate
will certainly affect Europe’s famous vines, changing growing
conditions throughout the continent. Global warming will undoubtedly
alter terrains as well as environmental conditions, forcing considerable
adjustments in winemaking in some of the world’s best known
wine regions.
This study, presented at the World Congress of Geology in Florence
by Professor Maria Bianca Cita, was conducted in twenty-seven wine-producing
zones, among them some of the world’s greatest. In the most
extreme cases, data showed that average temperatures could increase
so much over the next fifty years that high quality vines will no
longer prosper as they do now, though altitude and many other factors
will also play a major role in the future of viticulture. Perhaps
we will see an increase in the quality pinot noir from the northern
regions of Alto-Adige and the Rhine.
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