http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23644580-643,00.html

Australians seeking an expert pairing for their shrimp on a bar-bee will have to look much further than the outback. According to scientists, climate change combined with poor irrigation could devastate the country's wine production. In addition, the rising temperatures will impact the grapes that farmers will be able to grow, putting varieties such as Pinot Noir in danger of going the way of the "spit bucket." Vineyards have already started buying property in cooler locations to compensate for the expected effects of climate change and are diversifying their product portfolio.

Visiting Australia on a fellowship with Melbourne University, environmental scientist Dr. Greg Jones said winemakers in the US and Europe were buying up land at higher altitudes and in coastal regions where cooler conditions would provide a buffer to global warming.

Similarly, in Australia, as higher temperatures reduce inland rainfall, horticultural zones reliant on irrigation, such as the Murray-Darling Basin, may no longer be productive.

"The biggest issue in Australia is how the water situation will work its way out. Without irrigation, 80 percent of the Australian industry is in peril," Dr Jones said.