Garnaut Climate Change Review 1 Viticulture, wine and climate change Garnaut Climate Change Review Viticulture, wine and climate change Prepared by Kym Anderson, Christopher Findlay, Sigfredo Fuentes and Stephen Tyerman, University of Adelaide June 2008 Contents 1 Summary .................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 3 The wine and grape sector—structural change ......................................................................... 4 4 Impacts of climate change ......................................................................................................... 5 4.1 Background ................................................................................................................... 5 4.2 Direct impacts of climate change .................................................................................. 5 4.3 Indirect effects ............................................................................................................... 8 4.4 Winery level impacts ..................................................................................................... 9 5 Adaptation ................................................................................................................................ 10 5.1 Allow yield to go up to compensate for reduced quality.............................................. 10 5.2 Shift viticultural areas further south combined with changes in varieties ................... 10 5.3 Application of genetically modified materials .............................................................. 10 5.4 New varieties............................................................................................................... 10 5.5 Phylloxera strategies ................................................................................................... 10 6 Policy implications .................................................................................................................... 11 7 Research agenda ..................................................................................................................... 12 8 Conclusions.............................................................................................................................. 13 9 Glossary ................................................................................................................................... 14 10 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................... 16 11 References ............................................................................................................................... 17
