South African wine. Don’t we all just love it? Well, as it happens, not so much.

Three previously unthinkable incidents so far during the summer of 2021 have put the severity of the new climate reality into stark relief: the high-pressure heat dome that roasted the Pacific Northwest, killing hundreds and shattering temperature records from California to British Columbia, the wildfires in Oregon that have been so severe they created their own weather patterns and sent clouds of smoke as far as Manhattan, and the devastating floods in western Europe that destroyed entire towns and killed at least 200 people.

Tom Gamble with Gamble Family Vineyards in Napa is a farmer first and has always had a “waste not, want not” mentality.

To what extent does soil health contribute towards what’s in the glass? That’s the question a new study on the effect of soil health on viticulture has answered by proving that it is critical to plant and animal life, as well as the quality of wine.