Climate change is a topic of the utmost importance for any winemaker, whether they are dealing with changing styles of wine, late season frosts, fire damage, or competition for restricted water access.

Influential figures in wine production like Miguel Torres of Bodegas Torres, Maggie Henriquez of Krug, or Adrian Bridge of the Fladgate Partnership, owners of port houses Taylor’s and Fonseca, are all asking how wine can be a leader in tackling climate change.

This is not about good PR, it’s about responding to myriad signals, including the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2019, that repeatedly states that we must become more resilient to what the climate has in store for us.

It is also worth pointing out that we are currently producing more fine wines from more regions with greater consistency than ever before.