What is the reason that the taste of wine around the world is changing beyond recognition

Global warming is merciless to world winemaking, says Artur Sarkisyan, head of the Russian Sommelier Union. One of the leading wine geneticists, the Portuguese Jose Vuiyamo, predicted a few years ago that by 2050 there would be no vineyards left in Europe. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the past eight years have been the hottest on record. The average global temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900s). The drought is already affecting all the major wine-growing regions: Italy, France, Spain, the USA and Australia. How the taste of wine changes In the heat, the grape berry, just formed, very quickly begins to gain moisture. And then high temperatures lead to a rapid "withering" of the grapes, which have not yet had time to move into phenolic maturity (when the berries become less bitter in taste and soften). To prevent the grapes from burning in the vineyard, they have to be harvested earlier. However, such grapes do not yet ...