Agence France-Presse: From solar panels to “intelligent” barrels, climate change and economic slowdown are pushing winemakers to seek new ways of getting grapes into the glass. This week’s two-yearly Vinitech trade fair, France’s biggest wine industry equipment event, underlined how the industry was racing to cut costs and innovate. “A crisis makes people more intelligent,” said Patrick Ducournau, director of Boise France, the country’s leading producer of oak chips, a cheap alternative to oak …