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Feature Article
Between now and 2100, the climate will change drastically and totally alter growing seasons no matter where you live.
It’s going to get hotter.
Global warming is fact now. It has a domino effect on water supply, new waves of insects, and the length of growing seasons which will change wine regions and viticulture. What can we do about it?
by
Alan Goldfarb
February 2, 2007
By the end of the century, up to 81 percent of the country’s high-to-premium end wine grape production zones will decrease. That’s because by 2050, temperatures will increase by an average of 3.6 degrees across 27 of the U.S.’s wine regions. By 2100, that number will have increased to 4.5 degrees in the western part of the country.
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