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Global warming: French vineyards look to new grape varieties

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France, which is preparing to host the UN Climate Conference is not immune to global warming. Wine, the country's second-biggest export, is sensitive to rising temperatures. Recent hot summers have yielded extraordinary wines. But winemakers do not expect this to last. They are anticipating more frequent extreme heat events that would put too much stress on their grape vines.

Winemaker Julien Guillot of the Domaine Des Vignes Du Maynes shows a bunch of grapes that dried on the vines because of the heat in spring 2015.
Winemaker Julien Guillot of the Domaine Des Vignes Du Maynes shows a bunch of grapes that dried on the vines because of the heat in spring 2015. Sarah Elzas/RFI
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