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Take a tour of wine and spirit production around the world and how climate change is affecting it at every stage - from cultivation to consumption.

Climate change is altering the very nature of wine and spirit production around the world. From the unimaginably destructive fires that rip through California's…

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I love memoirs written by farmers and gardeners. This book is nonfiction, but it reads like a well-written book of short stories. 

Growers of the grapes, grains, and agave used in the wines and spirits we enjoy face a new challenge. A vintner has maybe 30 to 40 harvests in a career. Even one year of crop failure due to too much or not enough rainfall, temperatures too high or too low, or destructive fires can be disastrous. Farming has always been like that but not to the degree it is now. 

This book has it all. It’s a travelogue,…

I love memoirs written by farmers and gardeners. This book is nonfiction, but it reads like a well-written book of short stories. 

Growers of the grapes, grains, and agave used in the wines and spirits we enjoy face a new challenge. A vintner has maybe 30 to 40 harvests in a career. Even one year of crop failure due to too much or not enough rainfall, temperatures too high or too low, or destructive fires can be disastrous. Farming has always been like that but not to the degree it is now. 

This book has it all. It’s a travelogue,…

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