Climate change 'creeping up' on winemakers and putting pressure on grapes, says scientist

Rob Geddes says Australian
 wines are richer and riper
and have higher alcohol
 content due to warmer
temperatures.

Hotter, drier summers mean many wine grape growers have to harvest their grapes earlier, resulting in riper wines with higher alcohol content.

Compressed vintages are a real challenge through the wine production chain and many growers are having to change grape varieties as average temperatures rise.

Master of wine Rob Geddes has tasted more than 5,000 over the past year for the publication of the 2019 Australian Wine Vintages book, an independent review.

Read the story by Jessica Schremmer from the ABC News - “Climate change 'creeping up' on winemakers and putting pressure on grapes, says scientist.”