Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] English wine
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:24:10 +0930
References: <v2t6a7544a61004071452s7c968620m113802824f8947c5@mail.gmail.com> <63DD5280-E73F-409A-825B-9E56079F43B3@me.com>

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! ?;>)
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> Gerry
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> 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
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] English wine)
Message from gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] English wine)