Wine & Climate Change

  Below is a link to an article on what a warming planet will do to the wines we drink. The thing is, good wines are very particular about the climate the grapes are grown in. That's why, for instance, you find most of California's premium grape growing in a narrow coastal strip running from Mendocino County in the north to Santa Barbara County in the south.

  Any change in climate means your wines will be different and this will eventually turn into a very expensive proposition for grape growers as they have to find cooler places to grow or plant warmer weather varieties (such as changing over from cool climate loving Chardonnay to warm weather Cabernet Sauvignon).

  In some countries, notably in Europe, the government controls what grapes can be planted where and sometimes even how they are grown. For instance, if you're allowed to irrigate or not. So it might be tougher to get changes through in these places. In the U.S. and many other countries you can plant whatever you want where ever you want and grow it however you wish.

  It's not if this will happen because it has already started.

  More from Post Magazine: How Global Warming is Affecting the Vineyards