Climate Change Post # 5243
Once again a post about climate change. Sure, that's been discussed many times, but it's still a lot to say. The forecasts are right, models show that it is no coincidence that the annual average temperatures increase. On average rainfall experts have bigger differences in their opinions. But I think rainfall is at least as important as the increasing temperature curve. The grapevine is a plant that can survive with very little water, but don't likes it if too much comes from the sky. The whole discussion about new varieties, caused by climate change is not that what I really like. Nebbiolo, Viognier, ... should be planted, but does it make any sense? I think no, because a regional character is lost. Local varieties are a part of a regional style. Perhaps we should look into old vineyards in order to find "clones", which have less sugar potential. Unfortunately a lot of clones which were selected have high sugar potential. This was a important subject to select clones the last centuries. High alcohol levels are a major problem for me as a change of style. And that is the next point: we should not cling to an existing/ regional style of wine, which will be no longer in the future. Choosing north facing slopes to induce a intense fruitiness is wrong. Traditional slopes are maybe considerd less which have been viticultural areas for centuries. Therefore, more focus on our own environment and not importing new trendy varieties. Trends are mostly not sustainable.
