Hot Enough for Ya!

One of the big reason's that Diane and I moved to the Umpqua Valley was to get away from the heat in CA. The year we left CA wine country it hit 115 degrees for 3 weeks straight. And this was all without AC in our house!

Today it's hit 104. No sweat! At least if you're a grape vine. It's a desert plant, if you didn't realize it. Vines can take a lot of heat, but they do need those cool nights that we look forward to.

Now if I get my story straight, Umpqua Valley could well be the next Napa Valley. As global warming ups the ante in the areas already piping hot (like Napa), we will slide into Napa's profile by the turn of the century. Not really, but we will survive, while Napa may not.

A report found in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests ..." that production in the Napa and Sonoma valleys and Santa Barbara County would essentially be eliminated by the late 21st century."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/11/WINE.TMP#ixzz0MV4qatSl

Your great grand kids could be living in THE wine destination in the USA.