How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours
- Written by: Stephen On, Professor of Microbiology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Getty Images/Tim ClaytonThe far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine.
In New Zealand, winemaking is an important business, with exports worth more than NZ$2 billion per year.
Earlier studies have already suggested that grapevine characteristics such as flowering and grape...