Albania winemakers cope with warmer world

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 17, 2023 12:20 am

PROSEK, Albania: The famously talented winemakers of Mirdita, high in the mountains of northern Albania, have never been so worried.

Rising temperatures, hail, and disease have taken their toll on the unique local grapes that make the region's delicate red wines and floral rakis, which are traditionally distilled by the women rather than the men.

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