Wine with Leslie Williams
As everyone except US president Donald Trump seems to know by now the climate is getting warmer and more unstable, and it seems likely this will have a major effect on the wines we will be drinking in the future.
The effect is already noticeable, especially in more marginal climates in Europe as any winemaker will tell you. Summers are hotter but also more unpredictable, hail is more common and has caused huge problems in Burgundy in recent years (the primary reason chablis is more expensive). Just this month golf-ball sized hailstones hit the Rhone causing millions of euro worth of damage to vineyards in Crozes Hermitage and St Joseph.
