"The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but lies near Berlin, where climate change has transformed winemaking. The 75-year-old owner, Manfred Lindicke, said that rising global temperatures over the decades had helped his grapes sweeten and ripen earlier. "When I started here in 1996, we used to harvest around October 1," he said. "Now we start on September 1.""
"The climate crisis may be wreaking havoc globally on island nations, deserts and coastal regions, and intensifying disasters from droughts and wildfires to hurricanes and floods. But in some regions, businesses have benefited from some of its impacts -- including on Lindicke's 7.6-hectare vineyard in Werder, about 35 kilometres (20 miles) southwest of the German capital. His wine production is among the northernmost in Europe and on the same latitude as Mongolia and Alaska."
Morning harvests take place on a hillside vineyard near Berlin where vines ripen earlier and sweeter due to rising temperatures. Owner Manfred Lindicke, 75, notes harvests moved from around October 1 in 1996 to September 1 now. Lindicke cultivates a 7.6-hectare estate in Werder, among the northernmost wine productions in Europe at latitudes comparable to Mongolia and Alaska. Grapevines returned to the region after Germany's 1990 reunification following a long absence since the mid-19th century. Average summer temperatures have risen by more than 1C, enabling over 200 hectares of new vineyards in northern Germany after EU rules changed in 2016.
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