(OregonLive) - Wine will survive a changing climate, says an international industry group. The International Organization of Vine and Wine said advances in technology, in how grapes are grown and processed, will enable winemakers to continue producing quality reds and whites in the future.

But it's no sure thing that those wines will keep coming from the iconic vines of the world's big wine-producing regions. For one, Oregon's pinot noir, the wine that put the Willamette Valley on the map about 50 years ago, might not make it to its 100th anniversary in the state.

As Oregon's wine-producing regions heat up, the grapes that once thrived in the cool, consistent climate will increasingly struggle to survive. Vineyard owners are moving their grapes to higher altitudes and harvesting the grapes at different times during the season, or in different ways, than they did before.

In the wine-making process, there are ways to compensate for less-than-ideal grapes. That is what the International Organization of Vine and Wine said will get the wine industry through the warming and unpredictable weather that climate scientists predict is coming, according to Reuters.

"'Wine producers all over the world have adapted to the changes and the plant has a capacity of adjustment that you can find in no other plant," OIV Director General Jean-Marie Aurand told Reuters in an interview.

He cited the example of the Canary island of Lanzarote, where vines are grown in lava that absorbs overnight dew - virtually the sole water they receive in the summer - and releases it during the day.

In China, he said, more than 80 percent of wine-grape acreage is in regions where temperatures can drop below minus 30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit) in winter. Growers cover vines to protect them and uncover them when spring comes.

Some winemakers, meanwhile, are shifting the way they produce wine.