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World📡 New York TimesBy Jeanna SmialekMay 25, 2026👁 5 views

How Wine, Truffles and Honey Could Help Europe Fight Wildfires

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How Wine, Truffles and Honey Could Help Europe Fight Wildfires

Countries are learning that the finer things in life sometimes have a serendipitous side benefit.

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    As fires worsen, European nations are adapting, focusing less on purely responding to fires and more on preparing for them.CreditCredit...Samuel Aranda for The New York Times

    Reporting from Santa Maria d’Horta d’Avinyó, Spain, and the surrounding area.

    May 25, 2026

    Flames engulfed a forest in Catalonia, Spain, ripping across a wooded expanse and heading straight for hundred of acres of pines and underbrush. But before it reached them, the inferno encountered Celler Abadal, an 800-year-old family vineyard that sprawls across the red-clay hills.

    As the fire approached the tidy rows of grapes, separated from the tree line by only a few yards of barren soil, a strange thing happened.

    The blaze stopped.

    It was an example, in 2017, of an unexpected piece of good news. Certain landscapes, including vineyards, can help to slow or even partly stop runaway forest fires.

    “It’s not only that it is beautiful,” said Ramón Roqueta, the owner of Celler Abadal, walking across his terraced vineyard on a sunny day this month, pointing out a largely treeless hill where flames once raged. “It’s also making the area more resilient.”

    Wildfires in Europe are growing more intense and catastrophic over time. Last year, the continent experienced its worst wildfire season since records began in 2006, with nearly 2.5 million acres scorched. Already, the cumulative area burned so far in 2026 is outpacing the yearly average from 2006 to 2025.

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    The vineyard at Celler Abadal, next to an area that got burned in 2017.Credit...Samuel Aranda for The New York Times

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