Tag Climate change history

Wine, Weather, and Climate Dogma

Ripe dark grapes hanging on vines in a sunny vineyard

Climate change is not a modern invention. Rome’s vineyards, medieval abundance, and the frozen misery of the Little Ice Age all testify to natural cycles far grander than human industry. Warmth has always been the ally of civilization; cold its executioner. Yet we kneel before a narrative that mistakes carbon for original sin.