Feb 16, 2014

Short video-lecture of viticulture

I was looking for a good lecture for some time. Finally I decided to choose a short introduction to viticulture (grape growing) and climate topic which interests me. The discussion in less than 5 minutes tells us the most problematic issues of grape growing in specific climate and why it is important.

Dr. Tony Shaw, professor of geography (area of climatology) in Brock University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_gqU4TQuuw

The importance of climate in producing food and human well-being is huge. The adaption of species and cultivar is a second main point when producing high quality food and food stuffs, because it affects the quality of endpoint products. The latter will influence our health and well-being of the world in general. The effect of climate and its changes on grape cultivation is concidered to be the problematic in southern viticultural areas. Because the wide spreading of pests and diseases is setting limits to grape growing and is demanding more and more expenses every day in order to produce marketable crop. In northern areas, the viticultural research is trying to find out the benefits of cool temperatures and their effects on grape growing with selected cultivars. According to recent literature, colder climate is expected to give an advantage for producing high quality grapes and wines.

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