After the Big Bang shows on health and the economy, Le Figaro is interested in wine and viticulture, with a burning question: will there still be wine in 2050? Let's meet on Thursday, June 15, at 19 p.m., for a live broadcast on lefigaro.fr.
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Climate change is disrupting our societies and the world of wine is no exception to the phenomenon. In France, warming temperatures are progressing faster than elsewhere on the planet. In our country, since the beginning of the twentieth century, the average temperature has increased by 1.7 ° C. Heat waves, extreme rainfall, droughts and water shortages, the signs of the climate crisis are accelerating. And this is not without impact on wine and viticulture.
Whether the solutions are on the side of a selection of grape varieties resistant to rising temperatures or on the side of irrigation, whether it is necessary to plant vines in Brittany, England or Norway, viticulture as we know it must adapt.
So many questions that the Big Bang will address to its guests and through reports in terroirs already affected by climate change.
What will be the program of the Big Bang of Wine?
- What will be the champagne of 2050? Stéphane Reynaud, the editorial director of the Big Bang receives Frédéric Panaïotis, the cellar master of the house Ruinart.
- How does climate change threaten viticulture? Cyril Bonnefoy, doctor in agroclimatology of The Weather Channel, will draw up the observation of the evolution of the conditions of cultivation of the vine.
- Will there still be wine in 2050? Journalists Jacques-Olivier Martin and Guillaume Roquette will moderate the debate. They will receive Philippe Brisebarre, President of the INAO Permanent Council, Claire Villars-Lurton, winemaker in Margaux, Pauillac and Sonoma, as well as Matthieu Dubernet, President of the Laboratoires Dubernet group, the first independent oenological laboratory in Europe.
- How to adapt vines and viticulture to climate change? Head to the South-West to discover in pictures INRAE's work on "climate-resistant" grape varieties and to explore innovative solutions to vine irrigation problems.
- Could relocating vines further north be the solution to climate change? "L'Opinion" by Vitalie Taittinger, president of the Taittinger champagne house, will talk to us about her vineyard project in England.
- What if the solution was a return to ancestral methods of wine production? In this report, we will meet Carole Bouquet, actress in the city and winemaker on the island. In Italy, on the island of Pantelleria, it produces a sweet wine, Sangue d'Oro. In the extreme south of Europe, where summer temperatures happily reach 45 ° C, it continues the wine-growing traditions successfully.
- What will wine look like in 2050? Yves Thréard welcomes Paz Levinson, the executive head sommelier of the Anne-Sophie Pic group, to talk about the evolution of wine taste in the coming decades.
See you on Thursday, June 15 at 19 pm, live on lefigaro.fr for the first Big Bang of Wine.