Study of the impact of global warming on the vineyards of Bordeaux and Cahors. In Bordeaux, the consequences are the increase in the degrees of the wine, but also the arrival of new diseases that force to plant new grape varieties. On the Cahors side, warming has a rather positive impact on the Malbec grape variety, which becomes less acidic.
The vineyards of the south of France must evolve because the quality of the wine of the region is often criticized, which will require heavy investments. A winemaker explains that the taste of consumers has changed and that it is necessary to change the grape varieties and manage to make quality instead of quantity.
Winegrowers from Languedoc, interviewed in the street, explain their difficulties: overproduction and lack of quality, too low price, not enough degrees, the issue of imports especially from Algeria.
An old winemaker who has been in the business since childhood, after leaving primary school, thinks that before winemakers lived better morally but they toiled more materially.
On the occasion of his first harvest, meeting with a young winemaker of 29 years. Arthur Lotrous, winemaker since 1 year, who makes his first harvest for the production of an organic wine.
In the Hérault region, a winemaker from Montagnac gives voice-over images of the vineyards and the difficulties encountered in his job, in particular the problems of overproduction, the diversification of crops and the difficult prospects for the future.
A winemaker believes that an average winemaker cannot live off the vine alone. This would require higher wine prices. He himself is struggling to get by and is forced to borrow from farm credit or sell land. He loves his work, even if he works in all times.
Winegrowers, disappointed by viticulture using many chemical inputs, decided to turn to more environmentally friendly practices, by producing natural or natural wines, for which the specifications are even more demanding than for organic wines. A winemaker explains (on images of grape harvest and vineyards), that he believed in chemistry before realizing his limits. He explains how he now works, without synthetic products, mechanization, artificial yeasts or sulphites.
In the Beaujolais region, young winegrowers are witnessing the difficulties they face as young farmers, especially since they have taken out large loans to invest and Profitability is not always there.