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Global warming and its impact on wine
In 1989, Richard Smart's suggestion that Bordeaux might one day be better suited to Grenache than Cabernet was met with derision. Now, as global warming takes hold, he considers the viticultural changes being produced today....
Bravo, Richard, bravo.
I think most of the changes have been in culture of the vines, and also winemakers decisions to delay harvest for style purposes to fit the higher alcohol and flavor profiles favored by some wine critics.
You will be pleased to know that our new PM Justin Trudeau has taken climate change very seriously and has made new commitments on Canada’s contribution. Yes we do have a dilemma being the source of significant oil for the world however as Canadians we need to balance that impact with significant contributions elsewhere. As ice wine producers we are ias concerned about climate change as other wine regions of the world both for the extremes in the production of ice wine but also in the extremes of damage our vineyards had extremely lower temperatures.
what about gamay in beaujolais area, betwen burgundy and northern rhone?
what about gamay, i, beaujolais area?
The chart seems to be missing some critical labeling. The heading refers to “Current and projected temperature.” How is current defined? Over what period of time are the “average” temperature figures? The second and third columns are obviously not scientific projections, since they simply add 1.5 and 2.5 degrees to the “current” average. Should there be time frames assigned to these “projected” increases?