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Desert viniculture, and the tourists beginning to explore this relatively new wine route, have become important to the development and rebranding of the arid expanses that make up half the territory of Israel.

The Central Coast’s optimal climate and varied terrain are ideal for viniculture.

The grape became the “cornerstone of American viniculture,” he said.

Climate change is already impacting viniculture; likewise, the zones where plants — from corn to rye to agave and sugar cane — used to make spirits will shift over time.

Barbara Kiser’s pick of the top five science books to read this week includes a heliocentric epic, the progress of nano-tools in biological and medical research, volcanic viniculture and cartoons on chemistry.