In the coming two decades, American wine lovers surely will face dozens of interesting wines made from grape varieties they've never heard of before, mainly as a result of climate change.
This is not a surprise to people who today are harvesting cabernet, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. These people know climate change is forcing them to rethink which grapes will make the best wines in their regions.
Increasing temperatures globally are altering many of the wines we made decades ago. And adventurous wine lovers are slowly seeing that the most interesting wines may be from grapes with which they are unfamiliar.
Updated: Tue Sep 17, 2024