Winegrowers, wine standing up to the climate crisis

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Climate changes have direct consequences in the glass: when it's warm, alcoholic maturity (when sugar transforms into alcohol) and phenolic maturity, that of the tannins, change. (Marie-Julie Gascon/Hans Lucas. AFP)
Winegrowers didn't wait for the IPCC reports to panic about the consequences of global warming . Every day, in their plots, they see its effects. Water stress, hailstorms, and even the much earlier budburst of vines (when the bud emerges from its scales) make the fruit fragile to bad weather. Despite this worrying observation, young winegrowers continue to set up camp everywhere, fighting against winds, fires, and mildew.
This is the case of Axel Domont, a former professional cyclist , who cultivates jacquère, r
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