October 11, 2012

About that Global Warming

From the UK Telegraph:
English winemaker scraps entire grape harvest due to poor weather
Nyetimber, which is based in West Sussex and produces around 400,000 bottles of sparkling wine a year, said that the quality and volume of this year�s grape harvest is not up to its usual standard.

The winemaker said that it had taken the �exceedingly difficult� decision to skip this year�s harvest as part of its commitment �to put quality above all else�.

This summer�s wet and cold summer meant that grapes did not mature as they should. Yields across many British vineyards are expected to be down by around 25 per cent and 75 per cent this year.
And this is not some fly-by-night operation:
Two years ago Nyetimber�s Classic Cuvee 2003 won first prize in an international competition, beating leading French Champagne producers including Bollinger and Louis Roederer.

The first Nyetimber vineyards were planted in Sussex in 1988. The aim was to make premium sparkling wine that would rival Champagne.

The south of England shares similar geology and soils to the Champagne region.
Solar output continus to be lower than normal. Another little ice age? Posted by DaveH at October 11, 2012 1:51 PM
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