Climate change blamed for worst wine harvest in 62 years

A new report shows where has wine production dried up the most in Europe.

Global wine production reached a historic low in 2023 and climate change could be to blame, a new report has revealed.

The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) says the drink hit its lowest level since 1962. This intergovernmental organisation has 50 member states, representing 75 per cent of the world’s vineyard area.

Experts blame “extreme environmental conditions” including droughts and fires that have been driving the downward trend in production.

gitgud,
@gitgud@lemmy.ml avatar

The liberal will finally be scratched by their lack of access to wine.

systemglitch,

Well, guess wine is now out of my price range soon.

FiniteBanjo,

Hot years also sometimes lead to sweeter wine in addition to smaller harvests, so historically it has made wine much more expensive from those years.

Kind of weird to think about a dystopian future where a lot of stuff is mostly the same except Wine is something normal people will never be able to afford.

CommissarVulpin,

Is that why people go “Ah, ‘37, a very good year”?

theacharnian,
@theacharnian@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s plainly undeniable phenomena like this why idiots have switched from climate denial to climate doomerism.

OutlierBlue,

It’s fake and I don’t want to do anything about it -> It’s real and I don’t want to do anything about it

Cagi,

Here in BC, wine is one of our biggest industries. Winter killed off 99% of our vines. They have been given money to replant and survive, but we might be looking at the end of a major industry if these cold snaps are going to be an annual thing. And it’s not like you can just replant and go on as normal, this will take multiple growing seasons to recover. These are some of the best spots for summer seasonal work and a big part of BC tourism, it could all evaporate.

leave_it_blank,

BC?

Chapelgentry,

I’m assuming British Columbia Canada. Could be wrong though.

Plastic_Ramses, (edited )

I work in very high end restaurants.

Im starting to see wines come from appalations i would never consider to be “good” regions for these grapes, granted they are some of the oldest wine producing regions in the world.

Give it about 5-8 years, regions like champagne or barolo will be surpassed, replaced, and eventually considered low tier wines - though that last part will take a decade or two.

Its simultaneously exciting (yay new “classics”!) And terrifying.

BigBrainBrett2517,

I like this take. Tell me more: Do you think growers from those regions are already thinking ahead and buying up land for vineyards in locations that may do/are doing well in this “new climate”? If so, where are they and/or what are the Appalachians you are referring to? What we might consider New World Wines or something totally left of centre?

Harbinger01173430,

Maybe stop drugging yourselves with alcohol so it’s not necessary to go through this? Really…what’s up this humans needing fucking poison to enjoy hanging out with friends…?

Cheems,
@Cheems@lemmy.world avatar

I think you’re missing the point to such a degree it’s almost mind blowing.

Tryptaminev,

Wasn’t there something recently, that French wine farmers had a huge overproduction last year, so the government bought up their wine to distill into industrial alcohol to subsidize them?

Why are we enslaving ourselves to farmers that are first to destroy the environment they depend on and then also first to demand government bailouts?

ChicoSuave,

On defense of farmers, why does the French government saving the wine industry a bad thing? They take the overstock that would have otherwise driven the prices to an unsustainable low and covert it into a useful product for another customer base?

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

Tryptaminev,

If one year they need help because of overproduction and the next year they need help because of underproduction, for a product that can be easily stored for years, then we are obviously getting duped.

gaael,

Maybe french officials will start to notice climate change now…

DieguiTux8623,

And not only will prices skyrocket, but also (at least in countries that allow it) agriculture businesses will take public money as restoration for the loss.

CheeseNoodle,

You forgot the part where prices stay high even after the supply recovers.

DieguiTux8623,

You’re right, my bad! The silver lining is that at least it may induce people to reduce consumption of unhealthy products and prefer quality over quantity.

Corkyskog,

Wait is wine a commodity?🤔 Legit can’t decide.

jettrscga,

And they’ll also take an insane amount of local water supplies to fight nature and make a profit.

MakePorkGreatAgain,

maybe try growing grapes somewhere else?

Kecessa,

As a matter of fact that’s exactly what’s going to happen but it’s hard to change your production from one thing to another when your land has been used for a specific thing for (potentially) centuries. Your whole business is built around and equipped to produce grape and transform it into wine…

We’re seeing that in North America as well, Southern Ontario and Quebec might become one of the great places to produce wine (production is already happening but I’m taking prime real estate for it!) while traditional productions for the regions will need to move north…

whoreticulture,

Good, fuck the wine industry. They take up all this land that could be natural habitat for a luxury product, and then force migrant farmers to work in the smoke during the fire season.

sandman,

Hate to break it to you, but pretty much all of capitalist society is built upon the conditions you describe.

whoreticulture,

“Abusing workers is okay because I have a hard-on for capitalism.”

BruceTwarzen,

Wine is a waste of grapes

DarkGamer,
DarkGamer avatar

Whine is a waste of breath

UltraMagnus0001,

Wait till you find out about the lantern flies in PA and NY

brbposting,

OK spill

nulluser,

cnbc.com/…/spotted-lanternflies-kill-grapes-put-v…

deft,

As someone in PA lantern flies aren’t actually that bad. Over the last two years I’ve seen almost none. For a bit there you’d see parking lots full of the fuckers. I don’t think they’re really a threat, at least around me (Amish-Philly part of PA)

Scrunch4173,

Scandinavian wine is going to be a thing soon…

Alto,
Alto avatar

I think that's just mead

hendu,

Considering how things have been going for the bees, that might be on its way out, too.

yumpsuit,

Already is, these guys can get fussy, uncooperative Pinot Noir to ripen in gatdam Skåne!

nilloc, (edited )

All that I understood on that page was too keep Môôsës away from my sïstêrs.

FlyingSquid,
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Ice wine is already a thing and it is, apparently, produced in Sweden. Although a fraction of what Canada produces.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wine

I’ve never had it myself, but I keep meaning to try. It’s generally not the sort of thing restaurants on here have on their wine list and I hate spending a bunch of money on a bottle of wine only to find that I don’t like it.

Kecessa,

It’s a dessert wine, very sweet

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

So I have heard, and I love port so I’d probably enjoy it, but it’s always a risk.

DarkGamer,
DarkGamer avatar

You should! I think you'd enjoy it. It's really incredible tasting, syrupy and sweet, like concentrated grape juice, has a unique flavor. Get a decent one, I ordered the cheap stuff a long time ago and it was meh. Expect to pay a bit because since the water content is removed as ice it only yields a tiny fraction of what a normal wine harvest would, and it's harder to harvest because the grapes have to be picked at subfreezing temps. So, the bottles are small. If you want to go in on a 375ml bottle, it's the kind of thing to enjoy out of a tiny glass after dinner shared with 1-3 friends. Cheers!

WamGams,

How does 375 ml get split between 3 friends is what I want to know.

DarkGamer,
DarkGamer avatar

Tiny glasses; pours are more like a double shot than a full glass of wine, and you're only having a little like a digestif.

FlyingSquid,
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That definitely does sound good. Thanks!

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