Warm climate boosts grape growth


By AGENCY

A worker emptying a bucket full of grapes at the Dr Lindicke vineyard in Werder. — AFP

The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but lies near Berlin, Germany where climate change has transformed winemaking.

The 75-year-old owner, Manfred Lindicke, said that rising global temperatures over the decades had helped his grapes sweeten and ripen earlier.

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