Eagle-eyed viewers of hit drama Bodies may have spotted that the nail-biting series offers some telling predictions about where the wine industry will be in 30 years time. Anyone who has binge-watched Bodies, starring Stephen Graham, will be familiar with the phrase: “Know you are loved”. However, the edge-of-your-seat drama can also be seen to convey subliminal love to the wine trade by hinting at its longevity, despite the many challenges it faces at present. While climate change has led to some stark projections for wine producing regions, episode four of Bodies offers a possible blueprint for what wine producers should focus on if they want to be around for decades to come. The gripping television series and Netflix fan favourite explores four identical dead bodies that turn up in the same location (Longharvest Lane in Whitechapel, London), with matching injuries in 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2058. Discovered by four police inspectors across the different time periods, they must each get to the bottom of the mystery, within their own era, of why the same victim keeps turning up dead. One scene set in 2058 shows characters Iris Maplewood and Gabriel Defoe enjoying a bottle of wine together while policewoman Maplewood harbours Defoe in her futuristic flat, with breathtaking views of London’s Tower Bridge. “It’s French and organic, and soon we might all be dead,” says Defoe persuasively when opening the bottle. Given that France has just experienced one of its most troubling harvests yet, with a helpline set up
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