decouple carbon emissions from economic growth.

 It's refreshing to see wealthy countries finally learn how to decouple carbon emissions from economic growth. This is especially significant for nations like Australia and New Zealand that historically have relied on coal.

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As it turns out, carbon emissions and GDP growth can be mutually exclusive. (Who knew!)

The problem, of course, is that all of this is still ~30 years overdue. The climate will continue to warm, and that warming will continue to affect us.

How does climate change affect the wine industry?

Europe is wine's most important continent. Most of the world's wines come from Europe, and just 3 countries account for over half of all wine production: France, Italy and Spain.

Global warming will eventually require pretty much every industry in the world to change the way they produce goods. But this is especially true for industries that rely on the climate to survive, like wine.

It's is one of the biggest topics in the industry today. From changing viticultural practices to be more sustainable, to developing more weather-resistant grapes in the lab, millions of dollars are spent each year to adjust to impending climate change.​​- Anthony Zhang, Vinovest CEO

Wine is delicate. It's fickle. And it's susceptible to even minor variations in climate. The taste and efficiency of wine production are affected by:

  • Soil
  • Sunlight
  • Latitude
  • Altitude (how high above sea level grapevines are)
  • Direction (where they’re facing)

But the biggest factor of all is temperature.

A temperature change of just one degree can totally mess with grapes. It can change the growth cycle of grapes, and change the taste entirely.

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