Key Points
More subtly, heat influences volatile compounds that turn into gasthats the nose you get when tasting winewhich break down under higher temperatures..
The ideal climate for winemaking is warm days and cool nights, with conditions heating and cooling the grapes..
Still, the grape plant is surprisingly hardy: Without supplemental irrigation, typical Mediterranean varieties like grenache can churn out good yields and make good wines with as little as 14 inches of rain a year..
But as climate change makes droughts more common and more intense, some winemaking regions are feeling the strain..
Indeed, the new paper notes that in the northerly regions of Europe and North America, suitable land for winemaking could increase between 80 to 200 percent, depending on the amount of eventual warming..
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