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Wine Tasting January 2023

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Climate Change Will Alter How — And Where — Wines Are Made World-Wide

Forbes Magazine interviews Brian Freedman, author of ‘Crushed,’ about the effects of climate change on the world of winemaking. Insights into how winemakers around the world are adapting to different growing conditions, and what this may mean to wine drinkers around the world. Many existing wine regions such as California are grappling with increased heat…

Some Millennials Turning away from Wine?

W. Blake Gray digs a little further into the recent market reports that Millennials are turning away from (some) wine. His main points: Millennials like healthy products Millennials find their parents’ wine boring Millennials want a personal experience Young couple with friends on rest, outdoors

Wild yeasts may hold key to better wines from warmer climates

Researchers at The University of Adelaide have found yeasts that naturally occur on winegrapes may improve wines produced in warmer climates. Up until now the use of these ‘natural’ or ‘wild’ yeasts during the production process has mostly been discouraged by winemakers. The study, published in Nature journal’s Scientific Reports, focusses on the effects of…

Jefford on Monday: English wine – Look east

A flourishing English sparkling wine scene is one of the few pieces of climate-change good news, and the magnificent 2018 English wine harvest has brought it into close focus. The timing, therefore, could hardly have been better for the publication of an academic paper last month outlining what we might call the terroir potential of…

Cider-making craze hits UBC Apple Festival

A cider-brewing craze has hit Metro Vancouver — spurred on by trends like gluten-free living and a love for fermented drinks like kombucha, according to those in the know. The fad has spread all the way to the University of British Columbia’s Apple Festival this weekend, where, for the first time, growers will sell trees with apples…

Global Warming Has Moved Burgundys Top Sites Uphill

Global warming has gradually pushed the top sites in Burgundy uphill, Jasper Morris MW, the inimitable expert on Burgundy, observes, as the UN shares a sweeping report that warns that by 2040 the earth’s temperature could rise by as much as 2 Celsius degrees.