The tastes of centuries-old varieties are being altered by spiking temperatures, scant rainfall, snap frosts and unpredictable bouts of extreme weather.
Extreme weather has ruined grape crops throughout this small French region known for natural wine. “If it continues like this, how will we continue to make Jura wine? I really don’t know,” said one winegrower.
Across California, as peak wildfire season approaches, many vintners in the state's $40 billion wine industry are unable to protect themselves from fires in several crucial ways.