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As if you didn't have enough to worry about ...
- Thread starter Brian P
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Those temps in the UK are significant because not only are they new records (broken within 3 years too) but they are further north than ever before.
Little known fact…the Champagne region in France has similar geology to the south of England since they were once part of the same ancient mega-continent. The conditions for growing Champagne grapes have shifted north over the years such that now there are champagne style (can’t call it champagne as it’s not from that area in France) vineyards in the south of England now apparently owned by some French farmers.
Little known fact…the Champagne region in France has similar geology to the south of England since they were once part of the same ancient mega-continent. The conditions for growing Champagne grapes have shifted north over the years such that now there are champagne style (can’t call it champagne as it’s not from that area in France) vineyards in the south of England now apparently owned by some French farmers.
Their beer was warm before. Now it's piping hot.
Apparently in Roman times the UK weather was OK for wine makers. As the climate changed they switched from grapes to turnips.
Seriously, that is used by the anti-climate change zealots to argue that's it isn't fossil fuels causing the problem.
Yes the Holocene maximum occurred then and we should be dipping toward the next mini-ice age and were.
Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth's Climate – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Small cyclical variations in the shape of Earth's orbit, its wobble and the angle its axis is tilted play key roles in influencing Earth's climate over timespans of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years.
and yes they are growing wine in Scotland.
Wineries in Scotland – Yes, There Are Five or So… - Dr. Liz Thach, MW
(June 2016) Generally the first step I take before visiting a new country is to research their winery situation. However, when preparing to travel to Scotland on a golf and whisky trip with my husband, I decided to wait until I actually arrived in the country to jump online and do a search...
lizthachmw.com
Nordic terroir threatens to leave Britain's wine dreams withering on the vine
Production is moving ever further north, posing a challenge to UK's burgeoning scene
www.telegraph.co.uk
Danny Bhoy had a bit in his show about the wine from Scotland. It was submitted to a competition and described simply as "undrinkable".
Ontario's used to be too until they learned the craft and won a lot of international awards.
lizthachmw.com
Wineries in Scotland – Yes, There Are Five or So… - Dr. Liz Thach, MW
(June 2016) Generally the first step I take before visiting a new country is to research their winery situation. However, when preparing to travel to Scotland on a golf and whisky trip with my husband, I decided to wait until I actually arrived in the country to jump online and do a search...
lizthachmw.com
I'm not convinced by awards. Most seem to be highly correlated with how much entrants contribute. It makes sense Ontario does well at icewine as there isn't a lot of competition but much of the rest is mediocre (and VQA is basically a marketing scam).Ontario's used to be too until they learned the craft and won a lot of international awards.
Wineries in Scotland – Yes, There Are Five or So… - Dr. Liz Thach, MW
(June 2016) Generally the first step I take before visiting a new country is to research their winery situation. However, when preparing to travel to Scotland on a golf and whisky trip with my husband, I decided to wait until I actually arrived in the country to jump online and do a search...
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