Gaillac Withstands Climate Change: Can These Old Grape Varieties Save the Wine?
In the Tarn Valley, Gaillac is the Gallic rooster— the gallinaceous bird, etymologically speaking, but also the pride of an Occitan vineyard founded in the Gallo-Roman era that resisted invaders with its native grape varieties, which have become the best defense against climate stress and the globalization of tastes.