Pass the shiraz: how Australia’s wine industry can adapt to climate change | Gabi Mocatta, Rebecca Harris and Tomas Remenyi
by Gabi Mocatta, Rebecca Harris and Tomas Remenyi for from on (#54N3J)
We created a world-first atlas to help secure the country's wine future. It shows that all 71 grape-growing regions must adapt to hotter conditions
Many Australians enjoy a glass of homegrown wine, and $2.78bn worth is exported each year. But hotter, drier conditions under climate change means there are big changes ahead for our wine producers.
As climate scientists and science communicators, we've been working closely with the wine industry to understand the changing conditions for producing quality wine in Australia.
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