Global warming seems to be THE buzz topic these days. A reduced ozone layer is playing havoc with our weather worldwide, not only altering normal conditions, but providing extremes. Like so many aspects of agriculture, wine growing is also affected. Normally, grapes for wine grow between 30º and 50º, north and south of the equator. Now, those boundaries are being stretched. Places that couldn’t grow grapes at all, now can. Varieties previously not able to grow in certain parts of the world, today flourish. Perhaps most affected are alcohol levels as grapes’ higher sugar content result in substantially higher alcohol in the finished wine. What’s next…wines being grown in Alaska!
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