Skeptic or believer, the changes are undeniable
You might be a hardened sceptic of climate change, or perhaps you’re already sold on it. Either way, it’s hard to deny that the weather has changed. And with it, harvest dates are coming forward.
In Rioja, flowering, véraison (that’s the point when grapes change colour and start ripening) and harvest are now happening a good week to ten days earlier than just a decade ago. That’s not a blip; that’s a trend.
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In 1988, on a slope outside Murillo de Río Leza in Rioja, something strange appeared among the vines.
Or Sobremadre, as it's known in Spain.
