![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/prosecco-facing-wipeout-as-hot-weather-continues-due-to-climate-change-scientists-warn/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_SWNS_PROSECCO_END_002.jpg&description=Mountainside vineyards, where Prosecco is produced, are at risk from soil degradation and drought, researchers said. This has an impact on the local economy, study lead author Dr Paolo Tarolli added Prosecco lovers could be left disappointed in the future as the popular wine risks being wiped out by climate change, environmental scientists have warned. Mountainside vineyards - where the popular tipple is produced - are most at risk from soil degradation and drought, say experts. The phenomenon also applies to other famous wines including Burgundy Grand Cru and Cabernet Sauvignon, the world's most popular red. Study lead author Dr Paolo Tarolli, of the University of Padova in Italy, said: "The risk is not only losing an agricultural product or seeing a landscape change, negatively impacting the local economy. "The risk is losing entire communities' history and their cultural roots." Winter downpours are also becoming heavier, which raises the risk of soils and terraces being washed away and the landscape depleted, leaving the vines to grow in virtual bedrock. Over millions of years, erosion has carried soils and water downhill - and this makes it difficult for grapes to grow as they send their roots deep in search of water. Mountain soils also lead to grapes that are small like blueberries. The regions under threat include the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene in Italy, a UNESCO world heritage site that is responsible for a high-quality wine called Prosecco Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG). Small grapes have a higher ratio of skin to juice. Because so much aroma, flavour, and tannin are lodged in the skins, mountain wines often have intense flavours and, for red wines, copious tannin and therefore considerable structure. Tucked into the hillsides of Italy, Portugal, and Spain, they are also the most difficult to maintain - coining the expression "heroic viticulture". Extreme weather and changing socioeconomic conditions are making){kind=link}
Mountainside vineyards, where Prosecco is produced, are at risk from soil degradation and drought, researchers said. This has an impact on the local economy, study lead author Dr Paolo Tarolli added
Prosecco lovers could be left disappointed in the future as the popular wine risks being wiped out by climate change, environmental scientists have warned.
Mountainside vineyards – where the popular tipple is produced – are most at risk from soil degradation and drought, say experts.
The phenomenon also applies to other famous wines including Burgundy Grand Cru and Cabernet Sauvignon, the world’s most popular red.
Study lead author Dr Paolo Tarolli, of the University of Padova in Italy, said: “The risk is not only losing an agricultural product or seeing a landscape change, negatively impacting the local economy.