Kim Nicholas
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Wine & Climate: Impacts & Solutions

I grew up in a winegrowing family in Sonoma, California, and have studied wine since 2003. 

My PhD dissertation at Stanford University focused on understanding the impacts of climate change on wine yields and quality, and how growers view and adapt to environmental stresses in the vineyard. I went on to get a MSc in Horticulture and Agronomy (Viticulture focus) at UC Davis.

Public Lecture: What Can Wine Tell Us About the Future of Life on Earth? (38 min)

Climate Solutions for the Wine Industry

Vision for a 1.5°C-Compatible Wine Industry by 2035

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Keynote at Climate Solutions for the Wine Industry in Porto, March 2019. Link above is to video- slides available here.

​Wine climate pioneers 

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MSc student Ellen Redford summarizes her thesis about how the emerging wine industry in Sussex, England can adopt best practices from low-carbon wine pioneers around the world.

Preserving Wines as Climate Changes 

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3-minute video interview from Lund University on climate change & wine. 
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Article in Scientific American summarizing a decade of my research in the field.

Selected media on wine and climate change 

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Interview with Roger Harriban airs on BBC Radio 4 as part of the documentary series "Changing Climate." Full interview and transcript here. 
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Radio interview on Los Angeles Public Radio show "Airtalk with Larry Mantle" on winegrowers facing climate change.

Contact information
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies 


Visiting address

Josephson Room 117 
Biskopsgatan 5
Lund, Sweden

mailing address

LUCSUS, P.O. Box 170
SE-221 00
Lund, Sweden

virtual addresses 

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-7851