Climate Change and Wine

Winemakers often see the effects of climate change well before anyone else, and this is a crucial time for vineyards around the world. We’re planting grapes in places where they’d never ripen previously, and we’re starting to replant historic regions with different grapes that are better-suited to these climatic shifts. Where are they? What’s happening? And how are growers coping with everything? This is an important topic in the world of wine, and in this class, you’ll sip examples of wines directly impacted by climate change while we learn.