Uprooted: When Vineyards Hit Rock Bottom
An investigation into the future of viticulture, currently going through much troubled waters. In Switzerland, the situation has become so dire that uprooting vineyard plots has become a necessary evil. In living memory, winemakers have never seen anything like it. Who's to blame? There are sky-high production costs, a cutthroat global market, and the steady erosion of wine consumption, with plummeting sales driving dozens of winemakers to their wits' end. Tearing out vineyard plots, switching grape varieties, limiting imports through political intervention—what are the solutions?
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