Comments on: I heard it through the grapevine http://hot-topic.co.nz/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine Global warming and the future of New Zealand Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: gareth http://hot-topic.co.nz/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine/comment-page-1/#comment-594 gareth Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:38:09 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=329#comment-594 I can see the Nessie label now... and Parker Jr describing it as a monster of a wine. I know a few people trying to grow truffles in the Okanagan valley. I thought they were nuts, now I'm pretty sure they'll succeed - at least for a while. (Incidentally, Richard Smart's web site is <a href="http://www.smartvit.com.au/index.html">here</a>.) I can see the Nessie label now… and Parker Jr describing it as a monster of a wine.

I know a few people trying to grow truffles in the Okanagan valley. I thought they were nuts, now I’m pretty sure they’ll succeed – at least for a while.

(Incidentally, Richard Smart’s web site is here.)

]]> By: John Mashey http://hot-topic.co.nz/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine/comment-page-1/#comment-593 John Mashey Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:50:10 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=329#comment-593 1) I'm in California, which would like to keep our vineyards here in Napa, Sonoma, elsewhere. Unfortunately... 2) The Wall Street Journal carried an article a few months a go about the expansion of the wine business in the Lake Okanagan area (B.C., Canada), due to the warming there over the last few decades. We ski up there several times/year, and are forced to test this hypothesis, and the wines are indeed getting good. 3) http://www.winelandsofbritain.co.uk/ The Winelands of Britain is a study by an Imperial College geologist who loves wines, and studied the ebb and flow of wineries over the last 2000 years in the UK. http://www.winelandsofbritain.co.uk/lecture.htm gives a map. Areas on North shores of lakes, if the osils are right, make good vineyards. he expects, sometime after 2100, that the Loch Ness Winery will be a winner. 1) I’m in California, which would like to keep our vineyards here in Napa, Sonoma, elsewhere.
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2) The Wall Street Journal carried an article a few months a go about the expansion of the wine business in the Lake Okanagan area (B.C., Canada), due to the warming there over the last few decades. We ski up there several times/year, and are forced to test this hypothesis, and the wines are indeed getting good.

3) http://www.winelandsofbritain.co.uk/
The Winelands of Britain is a study by an Imperial College geologist who loves wines, and studied the ebb and flow of wineries over the last 2000 years in the UK.

http://www.winelandsofbritain.co.uk/lecture.htm

gives a map.
Areas on North shores of lakes, if the osils are right, make good vineyards. he expects, sometime after 2100, that the Loch Ness Winery will be a winner.

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