Winemakers Embrace Agroforestry Amid Climate Change
Many vineyards are monocultures, or plots devoted to one crop, and, as such, they face extreme weather conditions and climate...
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The Struggle to Fight Climate Change in Bordeaux
Bordeaux is in crisis. It’s a slow, simmering crisis, but a crisis nevertheless. Climate change is altering the region and...
Winemakers Are Poised to Lose Another Vital Tool to Climate Change
Grapes are extremely malleable. Plant the same grape variety in different soils, alter the length of time they’re fermented or...
Viticulturist Mimi Casteel on Her “No-Till” Farming Approach to Combat Climate Change
Mimi Casteel is deeply rooted to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. She grew up at her parents’ trailblazing winery, Bethel Heights, in...
As the Climate Heats Up, Can Germany Keep Its Cool?
Bright-fruited and linear, ethereal and taut: The archetypes of Germany’s classic, cool-climate wines are distinct from any other style in...
European Winemakers Reconsider Still and Fortified Wines Amid Climate Change
For years, Bollinger’s La Côte aux Enfants was Champagne’s most prominent still wine. In summer 2019, however, Charles Heidsieck launched...
Climate Change Forces California Winemakers to Reconsider What Grapes Grow Where
For decades, California winemakers have long thought of the Winkler Index as gospel. Developed in the 1940s by two professors...
Climate Challenge for German Riesling
Warming wine regions are leaving some German growers contemplating replacing traditional varieties with something very different. Climate change has had...
Amid Climate Change, Napa Goes Beyond Cabernet
Once upon a time, Americans struggled to pronounce words like “Cabernet Sauvignon” and “Petit Verdot.” Might we struggle soon with...
Chablis’ Tale of Tariffs and Climate Change
With the famous region facing multiple challenges, our US editor gets to the point with Chablis' Louis Moreau. By W....
