Greg Jones, the wine world’s leading climate researcher, is a member of the Porto Protocol Steering Committee and serves as CEO of his family’s Abacela Winery in Southern Oregon.

Mr. Jones produced meta-analysis that indicates a warming of 2 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit in West Coast wine regions by the year 2050, with plants showing an earlier shift in their growth cycle. Precipitation is projected to increase during winter — good for the snowpack — and decrease during summer. That’s bad news for help with drought-fueled wildfires.

https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/washington-wineries-work-to-weather-the-challenges-of-climate-change/

https://www.portoprotocol.com/global-steering-committee/

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