@GOATMENTATOR
My grandfather planted red grape plants outside here in Latvia about 25 years ago. Since Latvia is too northern the grapes never really ripened. But last two years they were ripe.
@ChoppedChicken
As an agroecologist i have to put some things straight here and offer some outlook/perspective. We should not and dont have to just give up and be like well it got hotter here lets abandon ship and move our vineyards to england. It is not simply that the higher temperature makes growing wine in southern european regions impossible, it is more nuanced then that. The higher temperatures make growing wine in the current conventional way impossible. There are many ways to adapt vineyards and other agricultural systems to climate change which at the same time can help mitigate climate change. First up, instead of spraying herbicides we can implement cover crops which cover the ground. This will increase soil quality, increase water holding capacity of the soil and infiltration while reducing runoff and erosion. To be clear, these cover crops would transpire, but this extra transpiration may be offset by combination of a lower soil evaporation and a higher water holding capacity and reduced runoff. Furthermore strategically timed mowing or grazing (yes even grazing with sheep is possible, check out the regenerative agriculture podcast) can reduce water use when transpiration gets too high. I have read studies that even found better grape quality using cover crops compared to bare soil. Then, we can also introduce trees in vineyards and other croping systems, this is generally called agroforestry. These trees could provide shade which reduces heat stress, delays ripening and shelters the grapes from wind, which reduces transipration in summer and risk of freezing in winter. Having other tree species in vineyards goes back even beyond roman times, so it isnt really anything radical or new. Both these strategies would also increase biodiversity below and aboveground and could provide additional forage, timber or other fruits without by definition decreasing grape yield. Increasing biodiversity, in turn, increases robuustness in the face of shifting disease and pest cycles and occurences. It is no wonder a bacteria can wipe out an olive grove or a whole region if it never encounters any barrier. When we do move vineyards to more northern or southern locations we dont by definition have to move pesticide use with them as you imply. Organic vineyards exist and fine organic wines are more then possible to produce. Ecological consequences aside, there is actually even a link between pesticide use and vineyard abundance and the prevalence of parkinsons disease in France. Although i do think changing grape varieties will be a part of the solution we as consumers will just have to deal with (which can also be exiting), we have to start thinking differently about designing our agricultural systems on a systemic level. And although there will be a limit to these adaptive strategies (but that is also true for moving wine production northward), if we don't start implementing these or other systemic solutions on a large scale, these farming systems and their farmers are indeed doomed. But it doesnt have to be that way.
@tonysu8860
From this video, it's not like Europe's farmland has a problem being generally productive... The problem is growing specific crops, and focusing on the wine industry as one that probably is resistant to different farming practices. So, for instance I don't see that warming weather or even a bit less rainfall should be an insurmountable problem for growing staples like grain. And, I would assume that well established orchards should adapt on their own without many changes although some minor changes might help the trees grow and produce more optimally. I suppose though that a long term perspective of agriculture is that there has always been a high amount of risk and uncertainty. Adapt or die.
@adamandsteve13
If Europe's farmland is useless then what about other countries, like every country in Middle East, parts of Africa, parts of Asia, Australia. I'd say almost every land is useful for something, except maybe deserts
@Leyfandir
As a Frenchman, I am both terrified and appalled by the impact climate change will have on European agriculture. It might seem ridiculous and cliché but french culture is deeply linked with its local agricultural products and their disappearance would create a cultural void in my country I think. Something like an existential crisis...
@ponypetedm
As an owner of a small developing vineyard in Cyprus higher temperatures also means higher rainfall so we are also switching back to more traditional varieties and yes Cyprus is starting to produce good wines again after getting away from the more popular and less successful in our climates Riesling and other overrated and non traditional varieties of vine.
@stefang5639
German whine regions around the rivers Rhine, Mosel and Saale are also benefiting from this development. It is a huge challenge, but it will also create interesting new products.
@mrniceguy7168
While climate change is important, I can’t help but feel that this is such a frivolous example of French chauvinism, where deviation from culture is an unspeakable sin. Offer a solution and it is scoffed at because this is not how we do it Burgundy.
@stoissdk
Dang.. I live pretty close to a pretty chalky area (Stevns) here in Denmark. Maybe it's time to buy up land while it's still cheap. Soon we will be making "champagne" here =)
@suakeli
As a Northern European, I agree that thumbnail's area is indeed useless.
@IrmgardWiesner
You focus on wine and France/Italy, but there are other climates and crops. Poland is one of the biggest agriculture countries and might be open to crops which usually need a milder climate.
@Movod123
Good to see obf improving, I couldn't find a similar video to this one on youtube.
@user-uf2df6zf5w
The thumbnail : European farmland will be useless! The video : a couple wines will taste different...
@alld47hidrohnilougue31
Every farmer knows; sometimes you grow corn, sometimes you grow wheat. Sometimes you plant alfalfa. If these vineyard managers don’t know to quit growing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for a few years and rotate in a crop more suited for the climate then it is the farmer who’s value is diminished. Chardonnay and Pinot climate will come back one day
@max-zv7sf
The problem is actually much deeper and scarier than the lowering quality of high grade crops. I am a farmer in central Argentina, we work in different farms and in the last 10 years we have seen radical shifts in rain and frost patterns, to the point that some planting windows have moved, and others just disappeared. This year, in large parts of the country we lost the prime planting season for maize due to temperature of the soil being too low and the missing September rains.
@jensboettiger5286
Southern Germany is also on a massive limestone formation that would be suited to growing champagne grapes and has a cooler climate because it's higher altitude.
@baronvonchickenpants6564
We don't need wine, we need food
@kyzantia8884
This video seems a bit odd, i don't know why you focused on Europe saying that Europe's land is going to be useless by 2100, 1) nobody can reliably predict what's going to happen in a century, by then we could of reversed climate change. 2) Europe is actually comparatively effected less than most of the world. You then said that wine making is going to disappear from parts of France due to global warming, and then showed that they are using heaters to protect the crop, as if it proved you point, when it actually prove the opposite, as clearly its the cold that is the issue not the heat. Its just wierd that you keep saying that Europe's agriculture will become worthless, when as you pointed out, if the worst happens it will just require different crops to be grown, its not like hot countries such as India or brazil can have agriculture.
@klug_d
Few Olive trees get already planted in my region, southern Austria... Fig trees also grow in house gardens. But in fact here could never be mediterranean conditions, because we have no sea in the very next which works as a puffer
@Philosopherkey007