Talk:Effects of climate change on wine production

Questionable statements

Almost all statements in this article in its current stub version are questionable from a viticultural point of view. Grape production for wine (at least for high-quality wine) does not typically require an "intense amount of water" in the way many other crops are irrigated; in most classical wine regions no irrigation at all is practiced. While soil character ("terroir") is highly important for wine production, "high soil quality" can be misleading since many high-end wines are produced from what is typically "poor soils" for other crops! Finally, earlier ripening at a given date for a given plot does not automatically translate to higher alcohol, because viticulturists decide when to pick based on ripeness (rather than calendar), ripeness is affected by various viticultural practices, and alcohol is affected by various winemaking practices other than just the sugar content of the grapes (chaptalization, reverse osmosis...). Tomas e (talk) 16:22, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Affect versus Effect ... The effects of global warming on wine may change your affect.

Affect versus effect ... The effects of global warming on wine may change your affect. See wikilinks: "to cause/make/create a change" or to the result of a change is Effect. 99.102.182.207 (talk) 18:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

• wikt:effect: (vt) To make or bring about; to implement.
• wikt:affect: (vt Etymology 1 definition 1) To influence or alter.

I rest my case. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 05:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Include wikilink to water article.

Include wikilink to water article. 99.112.212.121 (talk) 18:53, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Why is this not covered by WP:OVERLINK? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:11, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

History

The article should discuss how during the early Middle Ages, the northern boundary was even further north than it is now. Would anyone be able to put this article in historical perspective? -- YPNYPN 14:18, 11 December 2012 (UTC)