"Spain—With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain’s Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry’s top concern.
“All over the world, alcohol levels are going up,” said British wine critic Jancis Robinson at the WineFuture conference, citing just one problem producers are facing as a result of rising temperatures.
“Champagne alcohol levels are becoming embarrassingly high,” she added, meaning that the heat which is raising the alcohol content changes both the texture and personality of a wine.
Robinson said there were some “benevolent effects” of climate change—the slight increases in temperature currently benefiting certain wine-producing regions like California or Germany, as well as more ominous global implications.
“Even in England, the grapes are ripening more,” she said. “Someone even planted a vineyard in Norway. Can you believe that?”"
Eu acredito porque aceito a evidência científica do aquecimento global (e da nossa responsabilidade nisso). E você?
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