Should the romance of opening wine under cork be prioritized over sustainable, alternative packaging for everyday drinking? It seems more producers and wine trade are embracing the shift.
In his desire to recover abandoned Catalonian grapes once popular in the Middle Ages, Miguel Torres found multiple grapes that are adapted the climate change.
Franz Weninger is determined to keep the local traditions alive. In 2018, he started the “Rage Against The Machine” project to amplify like-minded producer’s voices and raise awareness on the importance of hand-harvesting.
Many wine regions are trying to adapt to their new reality, with record high temperatures, droughts and consecutive atypical growing seasons. This shift is very apparent in marginal climate wine producing countries like Germany.