I daresay, an issue becomes very real for many Americans when it begins to effect our liquor. Vigneron Independent, a French vintners association, is warning that their wines will become more "Mediterranean". According to an expert cited in Business Week, "Climate change has sped up harvests in Burgundy, altered the taste of Alsatian wines and disrupted hydration patterns of grapes grown along France's Mediterranean coast." The association president notes that we may begin seeing wines grown in Britain and Scandinavia. There is an upside though, again noted in Business Week: ""To be really honest, we benefit from global warming because we don't have to chaptalize our wines any more," said Jacky Martinon, a winemaker in Burgundy, referring to a process of injecting sugar into wine."
Wine Spectator had an entire issue dedicated to green wine making. It is a really good issue and Wine Spectator one of my favorite monthly periodicals.
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November 29, 2009
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