At a South African wine farm, dry, uprooted grapevines are stacked at the bottom of a hilly stretch of brown fallow land.
From Australia to California, France, Spain and Italy, producers in wine-growing regions around the world face a race to adapt to a changing climate which affects the grapes. To better deal with heavy rains, the new grapevines are being laid out to conform with the hilly landscape. Native shrubs have also been planted across the estate to increase biodiversity, bringing back insects and other animals in a bid to render the surrounding soil healthier.Rudiger Gretschel, Reyneke's chief winemaker and director, said they wanted to design a farm that would still be relevant in up to 100 years. Photo: Wikus de Wet / AFPPine trees brought by European settlers that used to stand at the edge of the vineyards have been uprooted as they used too much water.