Comments on: No, not the Pinot Noir! http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/11/19/no-not-the-pinot-noir/ hopping along the corridors of power Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:28:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/11/19/no-not-the-pinot-noir/#comment-33751 frog Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:09:19 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/11/19/no-not-the-pinot-noir/#comment-33751 Oops. Yes bloody out of touch Wellington frog. I'll go back to mocking Bob Clarkson now. Still, not sure I want that stuff you mentioned eroding either. Oops. Yes bloody out of touch Wellington frog. I’ll go back to mocking Bob Clarkson now. Still, not sure I want that stuff you mentioned eroding either.

]]> By: Kevyn http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/11/19/no-not-the-pinot-noir/#comment-33746 Kevyn Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:24:18 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/11/19/no-not-the-pinot-noir/#comment-33746 Frog, It's not the wine you have to worry about, it's the oher rubbish in the area. Did you forget what's actually on that bit of the Waipara coastline? http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/Services/Planning/KateValley/ http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/Services/Planning/KateValley/Tiromoana.htm Frog, It’s not the wine you have to worry about, it’s the oher rubbish in the area. Did you forget what’s actually on that bit of the Waipara coastline?
http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/Services/Planning/KateValley/
http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/Services/Planning/KateValley/Tiromoana.htm

]]> By: BucolicOldSirHenry http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/11/19/no-not-the-pinot-noir/#comment-33745 BucolicOldSirHenry Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:36:32 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/11/19/no-not-the-pinot-noir/#comment-33745 Sorry Frog, but shoreline erosion near the Waipara River mouth (which is already happening near Amberley Beach & the golf course) will have no impact on on the quality of the valley's pinots, because the vineyards are several km inland on the other side of some hills. A little gentle warming will probably improve the wine, and a reduction in frosts will save some vineyards a lot of money in helicopters and wind machines, but in the longer run (say 30 years) we might be getting a bit warm for finesse in the pinot, and be looking to merlot, cabernet and syrah. The syrahs are already very nice in a good year - which is why I've planted some. ;-) (That reference to shoreline erosion was in the Australia & NZ chapter of WG2 back in April, and came from earlier work by NIWA (IIRC), and was referred to in a certain climate change in NZ book I could mention). Sorry Frog, but shoreline erosion near the Waipara River mouth (which is already happening near Amberley Beach & the golf course) will have no impact on on the quality of the valley’s pinots, because the vineyards are several km inland on the other side of some hills.

A little gentle warming will probably improve the wine, and a reduction in frosts will save some vineyards a lot of money in helicopters and wind machines, but in the longer run (say 30 years) we might be getting a bit warm for finesse in the pinot, and be looking to merlot, cabernet and syrah. The syrahs are already very nice in a good year - which is why I’ve planted some. ;-)

(That reference to shoreline erosion was in the Australia & NZ chapter of WG2 back in April, and came from earlier work by NIWA (IIRC), and was referred to in a certain climate change in NZ book I could mention).

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