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.
Can old growth vines be transposed to more suitable locations?
In theory yes, you could air root and transfer a plant but it’s harder in practice and the grapes may not be the same if the soil type and water type are drastically different in the new location.
Roots are big and beefy and go 15ft deep…