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I'm afraid that is just rubbish. many sub tropical fruits have been grown in the South of the UK since Roman times. The climate of the Southern UK is very similar to that of Northern France, that is hardly suprising seeing as Northern France is 22 miles away from the South of the UK.
Ho hum, these bits are a bit farther north of France than 22 miles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckinghamshire
These bits are farther north.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridgeshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire
And these bits are a lot farther north.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire
I got these form the article which had you read it, it would have been plain to you. Here is the quote;
"To date the research has identified the remains of seven Romano-British vineyards - four in Northamptonshire, one in Cambridgeshire, one in Lincolnshire and one in Buckinghamshire."
I have also read elsewhere that the Romans were growing grapes as far north as Scotland. This article goes on to state;
"In Roman times, Britain had a slightly warmer climate than now; and, with 500 to 600mm of rain a year, Northamptonshire is at the lower end of the British precipitation range, which would have meant fewer fungal problems. The area would therefore have been suitable for grape production."
These days British sparkling wine wins many awards in competition with Champagne. That is hardly suprising seeing as the climate and geology are almost identical to Champagne. The reason this wasn't done before was not because the grapes would not grow but because the techniques were not known and the desire was not there.
From what I have read it was not a case of desire, but the quantity and quality of the grapes.
Trying to say the climate of the UK is so radically different to that of France that grapes could not be grown until recently shows a stunning inability to look at a map and notice how close two countries are to each other.
Well from the map it shows most of the wine vineyards are in the south of France. I do not know a lot about grapes but I am sure there a strains that grow better in one place than another. I would not doubt some of those strains were not around in the times that Roman occupied Briton.
But climate deniers ability to repeat faery tales and ignore reality has never been in doubt.
I do not deny that there are other climates. You got tropical, sub-tropical, mountian, arctic, rainy, dry, etc.. I do not deny the plant as a whole has warmed 3/10th of a degree. I just know from what I have read and know to be true that Man Made Global Warming is a hoax.
I suggest you visit some of the stately homes of England and look at their kitchen gardens where many fruits like grapes, peaches, apricots etc, usually associated with warmer climates, are grown on South facing brick walls. Grapes can be grown on south facing hill sides quite far North in the UK and that has always been the case
South facing, I wonder what is in the sky above a south facing wall? Must be something hot.
The climate in the UK is never going to be ideal for some sorts of wine making but it has always gone on:
Never going to be ideal for some sorts of wine making,
And so on. The reason for decline in English wine making was probably cheap French imports, but it has always been there on a small scale, and now it is increasing massively.
I suggest you try Chapel Down Flint Dry it is quite superb.
Can't say I am a big wine drinker, but if I can find it I will see if wife likes it.
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