tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post7367764573618972037..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Napa Valley Vintners contest global warming dataW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-28235415297610246182013-04-19T13:04:23.705-07:002013-04-19T13:04:23.705-07:00For 30 years we have grown Cabernet, Franc, Merlot...For 30 years we have grown Cabernet, Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Pte Verdot on our 45 acre property on the southern flanks of Mt. Veeder, overlooking Northern Carneros. The BIG difference here has been in rainfall - when and how much. We are consistently seeing less rainfall in the middle of winter, and heavier storms at the beginning and end of the season. This is a clear pattern in our part of FORBISHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697219702043854535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-76076210962815049272013-04-19T10:48:07.895-07:002013-04-19T10:48:07.895-07:00Hey Blake, First off I want to thank you for keepi...Hey Blake, First off I want to thank you for keeping a light shining on this subject. It's incredibly important in the Napa microcosm and the world macro as well. <br /><br />So let's just assume for a moment that the data specific to Napa Valley is faulty, yet we know that global warming in general is a scientific fact. It would seem to me that the obvious next step would be to have the John Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448955211939311020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-58273350916499137032013-04-16T05:48:31.942-07:002013-04-16T05:48:31.942-07:00John: I hope I haven't suggested otherwise. Yo...John: I hope I haven't suggested otherwise. You can see from the nifty color-coded map I posted Thursday that the coasts should be fine.<br /><br />Napa is an interesting topic because the wines are so iconic and there's so much money at stake.<br /><br />But the real issue is the San Joaquin Valley, where about half of all the wine currently sold in the US comes from.<br /><br />For thisW. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-19840151611182122252013-04-15T13:03:50.641-07:002013-04-15T13:03:50.641-07:00We are a Montana based company and we have seen da...We are a Montana based company and we have seen data that suggests there will be no more snow skiing in the Rockies by 2050. What a tragedy it would be to lose Napa Wines and skiing....http://www.angle33.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00213510894094444408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-67461354848879140282013-04-15T09:16:49.013-07:002013-04-15T09:16:49.013-07:00Blake I've stayed out of this mostly. But Satu...Blake I've stayed out of this mostly. But Saturday Rob McMillan posted an excellent piece on his blog (http://svbwine.blogspot.com/2013/04/bovine-excrement-global-warming.html) where he points out something in the PNAS report that seems to have been overlooked by both professional and amateur journalists in their hyperbolic rush to trumpet that the world as we know it is ending. <br /><br />John M. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343670865804216103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-62682233230589413892013-04-15T09:14:51.071-07:002013-04-15T09:14:51.071-07:00Blake
Interesting story. I've seen other pict...Blake<br /><br />Interesting story. I've seen other pictures of data collection points showing them next to heat exhausts and blacktop, so I don't think Napa is unique in this regard. Data collection is hard, and a remote weather station in a field can become surrounded by parking lot. This probably impacts it's reading.<br /><br />winterspeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13611241702356475764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-82677939423246514042013-04-15T08:27:22.018-07:002013-04-15T08:27:22.018-07:00"Two things about that temperature change. Fi..."Two things about that temperature change. First, while farmers most worry about daytime overheating, which can make some grapes unfit for table wines, nighttime temperature rise is also significant. Grapes can lose acidity more rapidly without nighttime cooling. Fortunately for Napa grapegrowers, Robert Parker is reviewing California wines again, so that's not a problem at the moment.&Josh Hermsmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995282238158664646noreply@blogger.com