Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Current climate predictions indicate that most of Australia's old vines in the prestige growing regions stand a very good chance of being dead in ~50 years. I will upload some wine photos this weekend. Marty On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > I have to stand up for the wines that are produced from the award winning > vineyards along the south coast of England which (I understand) has a very > suitable climate for viniculture. There are some very good voneyards quite > close to home, and if the LUG ever wants me to investigate I am happy to > take the expenses paid trip! ?;>) > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > Web: www.gwpics.com > Blog: www.stockuk.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > On 7 Apr 2010, at 22:52, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> Nathan writes: >> "It is increasingly accepted in wine circles that English wine has made >> huge >> strides in recent years and will continue to do so. Right now it is >> mostly a >> low-quantity, good-quality business but as the effects of global warming >> kick in the quantity will go up to. In fact, some winemakers in Bordeaux >> (where d'Yquem is located, BTW) are now buying land in northern France and >> southern England because they anticipate that in 30-40 years their current >> vineyards in the south will have turned into desert.' >> >> The idea that the UK has a cool temperature is, I suspect, a geomyth. We >> lived on the island of Anglesley, in North Wales, for over two years. The >> island is on the Irish Sea just across from Dublin. In the time that we >> lived there it snowed just once and that was a dusting that would be >> laughed >> at by any New Englander or German. Despite the popularity of "The >> Christmas >> Carol" it has not snowed in England over Christmas for the last 50 years. >> Indeed we had palm trees growing in our back yard. Not stately royal palms >> to be sure, but palm trees nevertheless. With little coconuts growing on >> top. The most characteristic weather was rain, almost every day. >> >> It is my understanding that wine grapes require a relatively sunny and dry >> climate to mature properly. That would be hard to find in the UK except >> perhaps, after global warming, in the north of Scotland. The French wine >> makers would do better to buy land in Australia, California, or Chile. On >> the other hand the conditions in the UK are ideal for beer. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >