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The wine industry's biggest challenge

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4796 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Climate change is changing the way winemakers plan, harvest and make their product.

On the Greek island of Santorini we find out how new techniques of vine planting are helping to preserve water amid more frequent drought conditions.

Investors in England have realised areas in the south of country have similar weather conditions to Champagne in France, 30 years ago.

Plus we hear from experts in France and Australia to discover different methods the industry is using, and find out how new businesses are advising the global wine industry to ensure its survival in a changing world.

Produced and presented by Daniel Rosney

(Image: A picker throws the collected grapes from the vine in a tank at the Gusbourne Estate, Appledore near Ashford, England on October 28, 2022. Credit: Getty Images)

Transcript

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0:00.0

When was the last time you had a glass of wine?

0:07.4

And when was the last time you thought about what went into making the drink?

0:13.2

I'm Daniel Rosny and on this edition of Business Daily, we're going to be taking a closer look at one of, if not the biggest challenge facing the wine industry, climate change. We're going to be taking a closer look at one of, if not the biggest challenge facing the wine industry, climate change.

0:24.1

We're going to be in Greece.

0:26.0

We have to kind of evolve our cultivation techniques.

0:30.3

And we'll discover how the industry in France is coping.

0:33.3

In Bordeaux in particular, it's been a tough year.

0:35.7

We'll learn how the global industry is sharing insights to tackle the crisis

0:39.7

and we'll find out why Australia is able to introduce innovative techniques not open to other regions.

0:46.6

I think in thinking of the industry of the future, there are, I think, some benefits that we can leverage on.

0:53.6

But first, we're starting in England.

1:00.9

There's a growing wine industry in the United Kingdom,

1:04.0

and new figures show, for the first time,

1:05.9

there are more than a thousand vineyards in the country.

1:09.2

Wine G.B, the National Association for the English and

1:12.0

wine industry, says last year more than 21 million bottles of wine were made. That's up around

1:18.4

77% on the previous year. More than three quarters of the wine produced was sparkling,

1:24.6

which is what this vineyard we're heading to now in Surrey, England specialises him.

1:31.4

I'm Nick, Nick Wemann. We are at Albury Vineyard, which produces around about 35,000 bottles,

1:37.4

mainly sparkling wine each year, from about 20 acres of vines. It's not been a great year.

1:42.2

Well, we're fortunate at the beginning of the year, and that we didn't get much frost, which can cause a lot of damage on the vineyard. But we've had a really

1:49.3

pretty poor summer, which lots and lots of rain, which has caused some disease on the vineyard,

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