Thread by @JohnMashey

@DustyBowl @MethaneThiol @niko_tinius Interesting! You probably know winelandsofbritain.co.uk/lecture.htm but in some sense an even less-noisy (simpler geography/history) climate:wine correlation is the Northward expansion of vineyards in Lake Okanagan area in British Columbia over recent decades.

bcbusiness.ca/bc-wine-countr…

@DustyBowl @MethaneThiol @niko_tinius Amusingly (given WSJ OpEd hostility to climate science) here was a decent article in the Okanagan valley wine expansion (Tappen is actually further North of the Lake).

wsj.com/articles/SB119…

@DustyBowl @MethaneThiol @niko_tinius Related to Winelands of Britain earlier), a few years ago, my wife & I did field research in North Yorkshire at Ryedale Vineyards, then-Northernmost commercial English vineyard (already further N than Selley had expected for 2050), nice visit with owner:
ryedalevineyards.co.uk

@DustyBowl @MethaneThiol @niko_tinius Vintners are especially aware of climate change. My friend @DavidGraves14 is cofounder of Saintsbury & lectured at Stanford (Carnegie Dept Global Ecology) on climate & wine.
As Chris Fields said at reception, unusual to have speaker bring wine!
saintsbury.com/Our-Story

@DustyBowl @MethaneThiol @niko_tinius @DavidGraves14 Farmers who grow row crops can plant different seeds each year, which may help for drought/temperature changes.
(I grew up on farm, PA Ag Extension guy would come by every few years with advice on better cultivars).
Grape vines last 25-30 years...