Changing climate on course to rewrite world’s wine lists

It’s 2050 and shoppers are stopping off at Ikea to buy wine made in Sweden.

A Nordic fantasy? Well, not according to climate experts, who say the earth’s warming phase is driving a wave of change through the wine world.

As new frontiers for viniculture open up, the viability of traditional production areas is under threat from scorching temperatures and prolonged drought.

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