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The Ducourt family vineyard in France. 

Winegrowers in France experiment with hybrid grape varieties to combat climate change

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The country anticipates a nearly 30% overall loss in output compared to 2020. The culprit: a severe late frost, followed by heavy rains which fueled mildew. These extreme weather conditions were made more likely by climate change, experts say. 

a grape field in australia

Australia’s drought could produce a corker vintage

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Hazel Bethel is a Manischewitz wine devotee. She's originally from Trinidad and was introduced to the wine by friends who worked in Jewish homes in New York.

Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.

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A worker watches a production line of sparkling wine in a coastal Crimean village.

Russians say ‘nyet’ to imported wine

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A worker pours manzanilla wine into a wine taster from a oak barrel in the wine cellar "La Guita" in Sanlucar de Barrameda, southern Spain

For this wine expert, sherry is a ‘celebration of leisure’

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New York sommelier and chef Paul Lang

This New York sommelier makes Italian wines personal with their stories

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Paul Lang lives in New York City, but his first love is Italy. He spends most of him time meeting Italian wine makers and exploring their creations. It’s the stories he collects about them that help make the wines special for his clients in the United States.

Francesco Papa, a prisoner on the penal colony, walks between rows of grapevines.

Name the Italian island known for its prisoner-produced wine

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Just off the Tuscan coast is a tiny island that houses some of the country’s most serious criminals. But what sets these prisoners apart is that they’re also vintners, producing some of the country’s best — and most expensive — white wine.

Champagne may be in trouble, but climate change has sparkling wine from England on the rise

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Fine sparkling wine from England? Climate change is helping make it so. But global warming in the UK also means more unpredictable weather, which can be bad news for growers.Fine sparkling wine from England? Climate change is helping make it so. But global warming in the UK also means more unpredictable weather, which can be bad news for growers.

Climate change is starting to alter the centuries-old traditions of grape growers in the France's Champagne region, like the Duval-Leroy Vineyard vineyard in the town of Vertus. For now, growers say when warming temperatures and shifting seasons aren't wr

With a changing climate, the French see trouble ahead for champagne

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The Champagne region of France has set the standard for sparkling wines for generations. But climate change threatens to change that.

Climate change is starting to alter the centuries-old traditions of grape growers in the France's Champagne region, like the Duval-Leroy Vineyard vineyard in the town of Vertus. For now, growers say when warming temperatures and shifting seasons aren't wr

With a changing climate, the French see trouble ahead for champagne

Environment

The Champagne region of France has set the standard for sparkling wines for generations. But climate change threatens to change that.