Taylors' Wines are wonderful Australian winemakers from the Clare Valley. This is the link to their website
http://www.taylorswines.com.au/blog/2015/03/16/will-climate-change-affect-the-wa...I think they make some excellent wines and I just happened on their website today and found the following article (I only produced the first half here, follow the link for the rest) in which they speak, not as advocates of Climate Change but from first hand experience of climate change, which of course is vitally important to their industry.
You see, although despicable charlatans like Soren and longy have sought to obfuscate and misinform for their fanatical ideological purposes, there are the honest people who in their daily lives see climate change first hand and speak of it, not as conjecture but as the reality that they have to contend with if their industry is to survive. What follows is the first part of their blog (highlights mine)
"Will Climate Change Affect the Way we Produce Wine?
Mon, 16 March 2015
Vintage 2015 is in full swing across Australia. At Taylors, our winemakers hailed the beginning of vintage in the first week of February, when the grape parameters were all in balance – the sugars, acidity, tannins and flavour compounds. And this season’s fruit is once again a beautiful expression of our Clare Valley terroir, and of seasonal variations.
The date of harvest changes every year, but we haven’t had a traditional autumn harvest on the estate since 2009. And we’re not alone.
Across Australia winters are warming, growing seasons are earlier, and vintages are coming forward. This is more than an observation. Viticulturist Professor Snow Barlow says research over the past 50 years shows coastal wine regions have warmed between 0.7 and one degree, and inland regions as much as two degrees. Vines are temperature-driven, so when the mercury rises, fruit ripening is accelerated and harvest dates are earlier.The impact of global warming on grape growing
Professor Barlow has been at the forefront of research on grape growing and the impact of climate change since the Kyoto negotiations in the 1990s, but as Max Allen points out in The Future Makers: Australian Wines for the 21st Century, it wasn’t until 2007 that many winemakers heeded the science. The drought was taking hold, squeezing life out of sunburnt vines, and in turn shrivelling hopes for the wine industry’s long-term future, as climate experts predicted that by 2050 warmer growing regions would be out of production. The advice was to prepare for global warming, use less water, fewer chemicals, and plant more trees. And many did.How the wine industry is adapting to rising temperatures
Some have moved to higher ground or further south to grow their cool climate Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. Others have planted vineyards east-to-west and manipulated the canopy to protect berries from the scorching afternoon sun. And we’re seen new technologies and innovations in grape growing and winemaking that are helping producers prepare for climate variations and extreme heat.