French wines "now have a higher alcohol content, their texture is heavier, there is too much sun in the range of flavours, our wines could lose their souls," the column said.
Posted on 08/13/2009 1:00:56 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
(Rising temperatures may have a devastating effect on the way French wines are made, destroying the industry.)
French wines, the country's pride, are looking at a grim future failing an ambitious deal on climate change at the upcoming United Nations summit in Denmark, 50 top chefs, winemakers and Greenpeace warned Tuesday.
"Climate change has made vines increasingly vulnerable," the group said in an opinion column in the daily Le Monde.
"Wine," they added, "is the result of an alchemy between a native soil, or terroir, and generations of winemakers. Today this alchemy is in danger."
Because of the global rise in temperatures, French wines "now have a higher alcohol content, their texture is heavier, there is too much sun in the range of flavours, our wines could lose their souls," the column said.
If nothing is done to reduce carbon emissions, the world map of wine would be changed forever with the country's vineyards moving 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south by the end of the century, they warned.
To survive, French wines needed an ambitious deal by developed nations to reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020, said the group, which includes chefs Marc Veyrat and Jean-Luc Rabanel and sommeliers Franck Thomas and Antoine Petrus.
"We urge the president and environment minister of the world's top wine-making nation to act with exemplarity at the Copenhagen talks" in December.
I guess you have to have a stick jammed up pretty far to know what that means.
The warmists, having been abandoned by the fickle b**** Science, now must turn towards Alchemy to be saved. Astrology and Phrenology are waiting in the wings if Alchemy can't save the warmists.
France is now surrendering to climate change advocates.
Strange? I would think that you would move NORTH to a cooler climate. Of course I could care less if the French eat crap and die anyway.
French wines "now have a higher alcohol content, their texture is heavier, there is too much sun in the range of flavours, our wines could lose their souls," the column said.
If this is the case, I would like to change my position from global warming skeptic to global warming endorser. Screw France.
I hate wine, but where there is Barley there is beer, “The wine of the Army”, James Jones.
Well, I hear there are some wonderful wines right here in California.
Release the DD Form 180 John F’n.
Sacre bleu! Chefs and wine sippers now making environmental policy with the advice of this incontinent cheese eating huckster. The only french he knows is "wee wee."
Man, we really dodged a bullet there, didn’t we? We’d all be speaking French today, LOL!
Your lucky, John F’n Kerry, He served in Viet Nam didn’t he, was my senator for much to long. You have a chance to escape but my exfellow Massholes, I ran, will be stuck with him.
“France is now surrendering to climate change advocates.”
I think it’s a little hasty to conclude that France is surrendering to the eco-nuts just because of the actions of a few Frenchmen in league with Greenpeace.
French Chefs...is there anything they don’t know?
but it will mean better growing conditions and a return of the English vinyards that were famous during the middle ages. When it was warmer than it is now...and the French still produced wine. This is just another warming whine.
Also, if the French wine makers went to church more often and took their wine with them, perhaps the wine wouldn’t loose it soul from burning under Satan’s heat. (LOL)
Too bad, so sad. Drink Texas wine! Texas has some excellent wines, and vineyards are springing up in all parts of this Great State, since the soil and climate are very similar to some parts of France. Here in my little neck of northeast Texas there are two that I know of, and both have tasting rooms.
Texas Wine and Grapegrowers Association:
When the muzzies finish their takeover of France, the vineyards will be destroyed anyway.
And not only that, but here in northeast Texas on Aug. 13th at 4:15 p.m. it’s only 86 degrees! It has to be a record for the coolest Aug. 13th ever. I know I don’t remember it being anything other than upper 90’s to low 100’s in August and I’ve lived here all my life.
My folks used to make this all the time using frozen grape juice concentrate. Dad said it kicked butt. They used big glass wine jugs instead of milk jugs...I’m sure I have a few of those around here, LOL!
Homemade Wine
“This is an easy recipe for homemade wine. You will need a sterile milk jug, a large latex balloon and a rubber band to complete the project. This wine is a bit stronger than regular table wine. It’s great for cooking as well as drinking.”
Ingredients:
1 package active dry yeast (2 & 1/4 tsp.)
4 cups sugar
1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen juice concentrate - any flavor except citrus, thawed
3 1/2 quarts cold water, or as needed
Directions:
1. Combine the yeast, sugar and juice concentrate in a gallon jug. Fill the jug the rest of the way with cold water. Rinse out a large balloon, and fit it over the opening of the jug. Secure the balloon with a rubber band.
2. Place jug in a cool dark place. Within a day you will notice the balloon starting to expand. As the sugar turns to alcohol the gasses released will fill up the balloon.
When the balloon is deflated back to size the wine is ready to drink. It takes about 6 weeks total.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe-Tools/Print/Recipe.aspx?RecipeID=58561&servings=32
Wisconsin makes a lot of wine...see my post above and you can make your own, too!
My favorite local winery is Wollersheim Winery; their ‘Prairie Fume’ is awesome!
What temperature rise??? Global temperatures are decreasing.
Good, most French wine is over priced swill.
Eau Neaux!
That’s my kind of girl!
“Eau Neaux!”
LOL! :)
France is going Muslim pretty soon. There won’t be any more French wine anyway.
I think there’s an ad for Greenpeace over on Keg’s List.
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“If nothing is done to reduce carbon emissions, the world map of wine would be changed forever with the country’s vineyards moving 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south by the end of the century, they warned.”
Wouldn’t they be moving the other way if the world is getting warmer? Then we might see Swedish wines replace the French product.
Well, the *idea* is the important thing. ;’)
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