How Climate Change Affects the Wine Industry

To honor Earth Day, we welcome Greg Jones, Ph.D. and Chief Executive Officer of Abacela Vineyards and Winery! Greg will be sharing his expertise on how climate change is affecting the wine industry. Hors d’oeuvres from Biscuit & Pickles and wine will be available.

Greg is a world-renowned atmospheric scientist and wine climatologist, having held research and teaching positions at the University of Virginia, Southern Oregon University, Linfield University, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Adelaide. He has taught extensively across many areas including meteorology, climatology, ecology, hydrology, geology, statistics, GIS and remote sensing, and wine business, viticulture, enology, and sensory evaluation. For over twenty-five years his research has firmly linked weather and climate with grapevine growth, fruit chemistry, and wine characteristics in regions all around the globe. His work was also one of the first to tie climate change to fundamental biological phenomena in vines and the resulting influences on productivity and quality, informing and influencing the wine industry worldwide.