Canterbury’s rich topography and varied soils will help the region’s winegrowers through climate change. North Canterbury’s winegrowers are in a good position to weather the storm of climate change as they’re already accustomed to delaing with adversity, research suggests. Bragato, the research subsidiary of New Zealand Winegrowers, commissioned NIWA to model climate change in nine wine growing regions across New Zealand. New Zealand Winegrowers Canterbury's winegrowers may find opportunities in climate change. “The good thing is that grape-growers are very resilient, they know how to deal with variability.’’New Zealand Winegrowers The timing of extreme weather events will matter more than the weather itself.

Source: Stuff July 28, 2020 16:52 UTC