GLOBAL WARMING THREATENS CALIFORNIA WINE PRODUCTION WARN EXPERTS
December 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
CALIFORNIA wine production could plummet by mid-century because of rising temperatures due to climate change a new study warns. According to research in the US scientific journal, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, wine production losses in California could hit 40%.
"Climate change should be an important factor in selecting perennial varieties and deciding whether and where they should be planted in California," said David Lobell, lead author of the study, a collaboration of scientists at the Washington DC-based Carnegie Institution, ...
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