Has the Bubble Burst?
Whining about wine
POSTED ON 09 JUN 24
BY MARK HODGSON
In Grapes of Wrath and in a number of comments below that article, I made the point that despite climate catastrophism around wine-making, there have really been a number of good news wine stories in recent years. In the light of a recent Guardian article I thought it worth checking out the latest climate woes trotted out to worry the faithful. This time it’s in connection with prosecco, the Guardian article in question being titled “From parched earth to landslides: crisis in the prosecco hills of Italy”. The point is rammed home by the sub-title: “Farmers and researchers tell of the impact of a rapidly changing climate, and the measures being taken to adapt”. The second and third paragraphs set the scene for what Guardian readers can expect from pretty much any Guardian article about anything these days – it will be bad news, and it will be because of climate change:
Spring frost kills buds, summer hail storms thrash leaves, long droughts starve vines of water, while strong rains spark landslides that drown them in mud.
In the rugged hills of Asolo, halfway between the canals of Venice and the peaks of the Dolomites, the farmers that produce prosecco, one of the most popular sparkling wines in the world, have been plunged into crisis mode by the tempestuous weather that has arrived with the climate crisis.
A couple of paragraphs further on we are treated to more of the same, but on an international scale:
Climate change is affecting wine producers everywhere. A study in Nature found that by the end of the century 90% of traditional wine regions could disappear from coastal and lowland parts of Spain, Italy, Greece and southern California.
https://cliscep.com/2024/06/09/has-the-bubble-burst/
