Global Warming Leaves Bitter Taste in Mouth of Wine Industry Experts Rising Temperatures May Force Vineyards North to Scotland From France

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AN alliance of wine growers, gastronomes, environmentalists and food scientists has been formed to warn people about the dire consequences to France's cherished wine industry unless action is taken to reduce global warming.

In an open letter to Le Monde newspaper last week, more than 50 signatories - including the Michelinstarred chef Marc Veyrat, top sommelier Antoine Petrus and the head of Greenpeace in France, Pascal Husting - said that climate change is already having a serious effect on some of the country's best-known wine regions.

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Global Warming Leaves Bitter Taste in Mouth of Wine Industry Experts Rising Temperatures May Force Vineyards North to Scotland From France

"Summer heatwaves, the recent hailstorms in the Bordeaux region, new diseases coming from the south - disturbances like these will soon be even more severe. The exp...

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