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Wine’s Shifting Winds
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Wine’s Shifting Winds

Daily Upside, 2022


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8

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Winemakers around the world are battling droughts, fires and frosts brought on by climate change, which has led to smaller, less flavorful wine yields in some places. In The Daily Upside, Brian Boyle explores how this new normal affects the budding millennial wine culture. He notes that despite the harmful impact of climate change on grapes and the pandemic’s adverse effect on the bar and restaurant business, the wine industry remains highly profitable.

Take-Aways

  • Climate change threatens viniculture, the production arm of a $434 billion a year worldwide industry.
  • A warmer climate and wildfires can affect a wine’s taste.
  • Vineyards face a shortage of skilled grape harvesters.

About the Author

Brian Boyle is a senior reporter for The Daily Upside.