PHILIP WHITE: The climate is ripe for some workable wine policy

Philip White goes looking for election policy which could help the wine industry face the new extremities of climate. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I do believe the posh bits of the east coast of Australia just started to fall into the Pacific Ocean. Like ancient Viking gods that feed on CO2, the evil weather warriors, Niño and Niña, are at war in a manner few understand. We’ll call this wild tide early coastal collateral damage.