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According to the post: “a leading climate change researcher says the United States wine industry is “doing nothing” to study the problem.”

Professor Greg Jones of Southern Oregon University predicted changes including warmer and longer growing seasons, warmer dormant periods, reduced frost damage in some areas, altered ripening profiles, and changes in soil fertility and erosion.

Wait, so you’re telling me that our growing season is going to get longer, with warmer winters, AND we’ll have less frost damage?

Too bad for the guys down under, as I do appreciate their grievances. But I’m in Virginia, and that sounds amazing. And until common sense and emails from “leading UN researchers” start saying I should worry about climate change, then I think I’ll keep my John Deer Hybrid invoice on the back burner.