This does not have much to do with the weather, but I thought you might be interested in this story that I found in the Wine Spectator about the origins of grapes. According to the story, new research published July 1 in the journal Nature Plants described a new fossil find of grape seeds older than any previously found. In their paper, researchers Fabiany Herrera, Mónica Carvalho, Gregory Stull, Carlos Jaramillo and Steven Manchester reveal they’ve used ancient grapeseed fossils, the first of their kind found in Central and South America, to newly identify nine grapevine species across Colombia, Panama and Peru. This includes a 60 million–year-old fossil that is now the oldest-known grape evidence in the Western Hemisphere, and among the most ancient in the world. You can read the article at https://www.winespectator.com/articles/dinosaurs-vs-wine-60-million-year-old-grape-fossil-discovered?.