How climate change affects wines of the world
By Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle
Has global warming been improving the wines of France over the last few decades?
That’s part of the claim being made by a new study by NASA and Harvard University. However, the study warns that the upswing in quality may not last forever, and a hotter planet looks like bad news for French vineyards in the long run.
In California, meanwhile, the relationship between climate change and wine quality is not nearly as straightforward as what the study authors observe in France.