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NASA Study Finds Climate Change Shifting Wine Grape Harvests in France and Switzerland
A new study from NASA and Harvard University finds that climate change is diminishing an important link between droughts and the timing of wine grape harvests in France and Switzerland. During a study of wine grape harvest dates from 1600 to 2007, researchers discovered harvests began shifting dramatically earlier during the latter half of the 20th century. These shifts were caused by changes in ...
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Rising heat brings earlier vintage
Global warming has begun to change the conditions for a fine wine harvest. The grapes are blooming earlier in Burgundy. The vintners of Vaud in Switzerland have a new harvest timetable. And the conditions for fine claret have altered in Bordeaux. Two US scientists have analysed 400 years of harvest data from France and Switzerland to confirm that, while climate change has not yet created ...
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