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• Climate change bad news for wine sector.

  - 2006-11-08

  Nov 08, 2006 (Food Week - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is evidence that global warming will change the Australian wine industry. Leanne Webb, from the University of Melbourne, noted that temperatures in most Australian wine regions will increase by 2030. This will reduce the...

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• Wine industry 'winners and losers' from climate change.

  - 2006-10-23

  M2 PRESSWIRE-23 October 2006-CSIRO AUSTRALIA: Wine industry 'winners and losers' from climate changeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23102006 Climate change will dramatically alter the growing season for Australian grapes and affect the wine styles produced here, according to new University of...

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• Wine drinkers will taste climate change.

  - 2006-10-22

  Byline: Deborah Smith Oct 22, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New data indicate that grape growers in the New South Wales Riverina district will be hard-hit by the impact of climate change. According to research by the University...

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• Winemakers feel heat of new climate.

  - 2006-10-22

  Byline: Liz Minchin Oct 22, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Doctoral student Leanne Webb has undertaken research for the CSIRO and the University of Melbourne in 2006. The researcher has forecast that many wine-growing regions - such as the...

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• Winds of change warm chardonnay.

  - 2006-10-22

  Byline: Mathew Dunckley Oct 22, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New research shows Australian winegrowers will have to change varieties in order to cope with climate change. Some may have to close operations altogether, as certain regions will...

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