by Sophie Penavayre | 28 Jan 2019 | Adviclim
The integration of local climate variability (bioclimatic indices and phenological modelling) into regionalized climate change simulations provides an assessment of the impacts of climate change at the vineyard scale. The knowledge gained using this methodology is the...
by Sophie Penavayre | 11 Dec 2018 | Adviclim
Following the results of the analysis on climate evolution in the Cotnari pilot site (Romania), where climatic change brought between 1961-2010 climate suitability for the red wine production (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-017-2033-9), ADVICLIM...
by Sophie Penavayre | 14 Nov 2017 | Adviclim
In the Loire Valley, the growing season of 2017 has been particularly illustrative of the critical role of climate in growing grapes and making wine. After an initial warm period in the beginning of spring that lead to an early onset of vegetative growth, a severe...
by Sophie Penavayre | 13 Nov 2017 | Adviclim
This vintage (2017) will be remembered as the earliest one to date in Rioja and Navarra wine regions. Season advancement was majorly caused by warm temperatures from March until early July. Temperatures in July and August were not far from the average, September being...
by Sophie Penavayre | 13 Nov 2017 | Adviclim
A warmer & sunnier than average March leading to slightly earlier Budburst for most varieties, followed by a cooler second half of April. A devastating air frost on the night of the 26th April, destroyed up to 80% of new growth, with the highest proportion of...