Wine production could be harming wild birds

Wine, or at least a glass or two too many, has sometimes been thought of as a guilty pleasure. Chief guilt-tripper these days is surely Ireland's government, which in May 2023 became the first European state to mandate health warning labels on bottles of booze, sparking the ire of the alcohol industry across the continent, Ireland's own included. For those who like to kick back after work, glass of Merlot in hand, there could now be yet another reason to worry about the downside of wine. That's because it has been shown that wild birds are "highly susceptible" to contamination by triazole fung...