FOOD & AGRICULTURE


Climate change has shifted harvest dates for wine by up to two weeks. Michael Gross explores why, in


coming years, many wine growers will need to adapt methods or migrate to higher latitudes


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nglish wine is on the rise, as Masters of Wine Susie Barrie and Peter Richards reported in Waitrose Drinks magazine this summer. In 50 years, production has increased by more than three orders of magnitude, from a negligible 1500 bottles/year to


a respectable 5.3m. Since 2000, the land area for viticulture in England has tripled, while in 2017 alone, more than 1m new vines were planted in English soil. ‘It’s hard to ignore English wine today,’ Barrie and Richards


conclude. The category has real momentum, fuelled by praise from eminent critics and awards from reputable competitions.’ White wines and champagne-style sparkling wines are among the strongest contenders of this nascent industry. Barrie and Richards have recently teamed up with Hampshire winery Hattingley Valley to make 1000 bottles of their own sparkling wine. Meanwhile, on the other side of the English Channel, grapes


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