Non-linear loss of suitable wine regions over Europe in response to increasing global warming.

ABSTRACT: Evaluating the potential climatic suitability for premium wine production is crucial for adaptation planning in Europe. While new wine regions may emerge out of the traditional boundaries, most of the present-day renowned winemaking regions may be threatened by climate change. Here, we analyse the future evolution of the geography of wine production over Europe, through the definition of a novel climatic suitability indicator, which is calculated over the projected grapevine phenological phases to account for their possible contractions under global warming. Our approach consists in coupling six different de-biased downscaled climate projections under two different scenarios of global warming with four phenological models for different grapevine varieties. The resulting suitability indicat

SUBMITTER: Sgubin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100336 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature