Global Warming Threatens Fine Wine

From the Stanford University News:

Higher temperatures could hurt California and other premium wine growing regions of the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study led by Stanford University climate scientists.

Writing in the June 30 edition of Environmental Research Letters, the scientists report that by 2040, the amount of land suitable for cultivating premium wine grapes in high-value areas of Northern California could shrink by 50 percent because of global warming. However, some cooler parts of Oregon and Washington state could see an increase in premium grape-growing acreage due to warming, according to the study.

Hmm. Al Gore didn't tell us it would get this bad in his Rolling Stone rant. The good new is Ripple, Franzia Box wine, and MD 20/20 should do just fine.

I'll drink to that.