Astley Vineyard in Stourport has said it is dealing with changing crop amid unpredictable weather.
By Alice Cullinane & Kalpana BoodhooA vineyard in Worcestershire has said climate change has made it more difficult to produce wine.Owner Bev Haywood said there had since been an increase in unpredictable weather, making it harder to ripen grapes and consistently create the same wine flavours.The Haywood family moved there six years ago and grows grapes on a single five-acre plot, producing 10,000 or fewer bottles of wine a year.
Ms Haywood's son, Chris Haywood, said when there was more rain it increased the likelihood of diseases.Astley Vineyard runs a shop which sells the wine they create"Also, , we have to charge a bit less as the wine isn't as exciting as other years." Mr Haywood said he wanted the conversation around English wine to continue so people knew why the flavours changed year to year."All farming is on edge, we fight for every year... always on our toes and at the mercy of the weather," he explained.
He said the vineyard did well with tourism and hoped to open up onsite accommodation to help offset losses. Extreme weather has become more frequent and intense due to the average global temperature increasing by 1.1C.Follow BBC West Midlands on
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