Climate change will threaten wine production, study shows
date:Apr 10, 2013
drop, and California, with a 70% fall.

Wine growers in the Cape area of South Africa would also be hit hard, with a 55% decline. Chile's wine producers would expect losses of about 40%, the study found.

But climate change would also open up other parts of the world to grapes, as growers look for higher, cooler ground, the study found.

The industry is already scoping out potential new territory such as Tasmania. The findings could lead wine growers to strike out for wilderness areas around Yel
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