It also, like most trees, loses all its leaves. This allows it to conserve water and save its energy for surviving in the cold climate. Soil and climate are both important factors for grape growth, but since most French grapes are very carefully cultivated by grape growers, humans help control their survival by planting and taking care of them in the proper way.
There is still no cure for the phylloxera epidemic. Which means that if it makes a comeback, it might pose a strong threat to France’s grapes if American grapevine grafts suddenly become susceptible to these insects as well. Climate change also poses a threat to grapevines by causing longer and colder winters as well as seasons of extreme drought or flooding. We should be worried about the survivability of grapevines across Europe because grape growing is very important in French culture and it also accounts for a large portion of France’s gross income, which relies on the production and export of products made from grapes.
