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Warming temperatures could make 70% of the world's wine-growing regions unsuitable to produce grapes: Scientists (abcnews.go.com)

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Rising global temperatures could change where the majority of the world's wine is produced as mid-latitude regions may no longer be able to grow grapes, according to researchers.

Up to 70% of current wine-producing regions could face a substantial risk of losing the suitability for wine-growing if global temperatures increase beyond 2 degrees Celsius since the Industrial Revolution, a review of more than 200 studies published Tuesday in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment found.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe for some varieties, or if the vineyard's shtick is "heritage vines," but younger vines produce more grapes, so big commercial ops rip out and replant vines every 25 years or so, on a rotating schedule. They fruit after about 3 years.