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(05-11) 04:00 PDT Jumilla, Spain -- Global warming may be the latest threat to the wine industry, but some producers in one of Spain's hardest-hit regions say they've found a way to survive and even profit from it. Vintners face a twin danger from climate change. Higher temperatures mean grapes with more sugar and thus more alcohol, but wines packing a heftier wallop are less popular these days, in part because people are wary of drinking and driving. Plus, drought can stop vines from producing fruit altogether. So winemakers in Spain's southeastern Murcia region thought up a way to coax their...
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