Winemakers keep weather eye on climate (BBC) {GW blow to CA wines?}

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By Sam Wilson
BBC News, Napa Valley

Creating wine is all about getting the balance right.

You have to find the best location, with good soil, the right range of temperature, and rain at certain times of year. You must plant the right grapes.

And then you must get lucky with the weather.

So it is no wonder that winemakers are especially aware of the issue of climate change.

Some studies have suggested that the wine map could be changed completely if global warming proceeds apace over the coming decades.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6896365.stm

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1. BBC is late on this.

The California winemakers have already made the decision to fight to keep their land viable. They were the first group I knew of that took global warming seriously in this country.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Hey, I'm looking forward to some of that Oregon burgandy. nt