Berrys' crystal ball

See Dr Richard Smart's reactions to this report here.

My morning paper devotes the top half of its page 11 to a story headlined 'Chateau China, a taste of wines to come with climate change' entirely based on a booklet sent out late yesterday by London wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd. As I wrote the paragraphs below, the BBC's flagship radio news programme Today included an item exploring the hardly ground-breaking thesis that England may become more suitable for viticulture – all because of Berrys' new, and beautifully produced, pamphlet.

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