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Question: There are so many extreme weather shifts occurring in the wine regions around the world. Which place for you is experiencing the most surprising climate change?
Answer: Yes the weather seems to have shifted in many grape growing regions that produce wine. So many are being affected by more extremes from cold frost hail and flooding heavy rains to drought conditions including extreme heat, fire smoke, mildew, and other fungal diseases. Hard to pick just one region but perhaps South Africa qualifies as a big surprise. Cape Town a region with a history of water restrictions has recently been experiencing severe winter storms and heavy rains with record flooding. There was even snow falling last month in Franschhoek. They are coping well so far but believe the climate extremes there is something to closely monitor – as are most wine growing regions around the world.
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