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Wasabi and wine producers face wet weather challenges in the UK

Producers of wasabi and wine have described the challenges of growing their crops in increasingly wet and unpredictable weather. All 10 of the warmest years on record have been since 2003 - with 2022 being the hottest.

However, since 1998, the UK has also seen six of the 10 wettest years on record. The BBC visited the Little Waddon Vineyard in Dorset and the Wasabi Company in Hampshire to ask them what they think.

Winemakers Karen and Simon Priestman believe it is more difficult for growers in this climate. "Is it global warming or is it global wetting?" says Mr Priestman. "We think it's global wetting."

The married couple follows an ethos they call "grape to glass". They are low-intervention winemakers who grow without using pesticides, chemicals or even adding water. Due to its situation on a south-facing slope, they get large amounts of run-off from the hills behind.

Read more on the BBC.

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