I just posted a new #tablascreek blog on why I think that Rhone varieties are at least a part of the solution to what viticulture will look like in California in a #climatechange era.

https://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2022/11/rhone-varieties-should-be-even-more-valuable-in-a-california-impacted-by-climate-change.html

It took me all sorts of interesting places, from the domestication of wine grapes to comparative latitudes of California and Europe to an 1884 report published by the state of California's first Chief Executive Wine Officer. Let me know what you think!

@jasonchaas Thanks for this. A very kinetic situation with lots of moving parts. Even in the UK we’re having to game the next 20-40yrs and the predicted rise of 300GDD and the appearance of semi-arid environments. Climatically, Central France provides us with a blurry model of our future, but some warm Mediterranean environments don’t really have the luxury of road-tested templates.