Drought and other devastation in Australia
By Jessica Yadegaran
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am in Australia, climate change.
The Today Show had a good piece on the continued devastation in Oz as a result of climate change. Not only was harvest an entire month early last year in the Hunter Valley, but five years of drought followed by last year’s sweeping floods put such a strain on the grapes that no red grapes — yes, no reds — made it to bottle for the 2008 vintage.
They profiled Brokenwood, a winery in the Hunter Valley that recycles and reuses its water to the best of its ability, but winemaker Iain Riggs says the 2009 vintage could make or break their bottom line. Scary stuff.
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