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Viticulture - Global warming

Q: What are the 4 main solution ti deal with global warming?

EARLY HARVEST: maintain the high level of acidity, important to produce a balance wine MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION CHANGING GRAPES VARIETIES: more adapted to the hydric stress (E.g. Mourvèdre). Creating American rootstocks that are more resistant to climate change. Scientists are also creating new varieties of vines or clones REDUCE THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS: by orientating their vines to the north instead of the south in the northern hemisphere and/or creating shade by planting trees in the vineyards

3 important questions on Viticulture - Global warming

What is the impact of global warming on the wine industry?

Coming years, wine industry will challenges that will lead to major changes
Hot climate --> Mediterranean, will no longer be suitable for growing wine grapes by 2050 (E.g. Tuscany - Italy, Napa Valley - US)
Colder climates will start growing vines
Wine wine producers will do everything they can to protect their existing vineyards and have already started to implement solutions. But despite this, global warming has already affected both the taste of wines and how grapevines grow.

What is the organoleptic profile?

Is the compete description of the sensorial characteristics of the wine

What are the 4 main solution ti deal with global warming?

EARLY HARVEST: maintain the high level of acidity, important to produce a balance wine
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION
CHANGING GRAPES VARIETIES: more adapted to the hydric stress (E.g. Mourvèdre). Creating American rootstocks that are more resistant to climate change. Scientists are also creating new varieties of vines or clones
REDUCE THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS: by orientating their vines to the north instead of the south in

the northern hemisphere and/or creating shade by planting trees in the vineyards