Your favorite wine could disappear thanks to climate change. These are the areas most at risk

Some of the world’s most prized wine regions face being wiped out in the coming decades due to impacts of the climate crisis, according to new research.

Winegrowing mainly takes place in regions that are warm enough for grapes to ripen but without intense heat or rainfall - such as southern France, northern Spain and Italy, California, parts of Australia, South Africa and Argentina.

are already impacting wine’s quality, and spurring new diseases and pests. In ’s Bordeaux and Alsace regions, for example, harvest dates are already significantly earlier, leading to increases in the wine alcohol level.