International Organization of Vine and Wine says winemakers will need to harness new technologies to overcome upcoming challenges.
BY JACOB PALMER | DIGITAL NEWS EDITOR
International Organization of Vine and Wine says winemakers will need to harness new technologies to overcome upcoming challenges posed by global climate change.
The report also suggested that traditional wine tracts might not produce forever.
As Oregon’s wine-producing regions heat up, the grapes that once thrived in the cool, consistent climate will increasingly struggle to survive. Vineyard owners are moving their grapes to higher altitudes and harvesting the grapes at different times during the season, or in different ways, than they did before.
In the wine-making process, there are ways to compensate for less-than-ideal grapes. That is what the International Organization of Vine and Wine said will get the wine industry through the warming and unpredictable weather that climate scientists predict is coming, according to Reuters.
“‘Wine producers all over the world have adapted to the changes and the plant has a capacity of adjustment that you can find in no other plant,” OIV Director General Jean-Marie Aurand told Reuters in an interview.
(SOURCE: OregonLive.com)
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