Château Puyanché, Côtes de Bordeaux, 2015

Throughout the world, traditional wine grape growing regions and newer ones too are facing the challenges of climate change. Paso Robles is finding success with grapes like vermentino at Tablas Creek and Robert Hall as well as with grapes originally from the Rhone. On the other hand, areas once questionable are becoming viable; with increased temperatures, getting grapes ripe enough is not the challenge it once was in Bordeaux and Champagne. In fact, according to the Huglin classification, the wine-growing climate in Bordeaux went from Continue reading →