France: Climate change threatening survival of Claret

Daily Mail: Claret has joined polar bears, glaciers and icebergs on scientists' extinction risk list because of global warming. Experts say the steady rise in temperatures threatens the vineyards around Bordeaux producing some of the most esteemed and expensive wines on earth. By 2050 the region may be unsuitable for winegrowing at all, making chateaux such as Lafite, Petrus and Latour redundant and their supreme wines mere memories. Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported this week that winegrowers......

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