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Originally posted by nute:

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Originally posted by M.Shy:
And when England gave French wine makers run for their money until France put tariffs on English wine

The French are actually buying up suitable south facing areas in southern England, and lots of non French are planting vineyards here.

It’s because statistically we are warming each year and areas of the south of the UK are becoming ideal for growing vines. When I was a kid it was too cold, we got snow reliably each winter … doesn’t happen now, the climate has changed quite noticeably in 50 years.

We now have higher levels of atmospheric CO2 than at any time in the last 800,000 years, and we have managed to achieve that in a few decades, not the thousands of years previous changes have taken due to natural causes.

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Originally posted by medved:

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Originally posted by nute:

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Originally posted by M.Shy:
And when England gave French wine makers run for their money until France put tariffs on English wine

The French are actually buying up suitable south facing areas in southern England, and lots of non French are planting vineyards here.

It’s because statistically we are warming each year and areas of the south of the UK are becoming ideal for growing vines. When I was a kid it was too cold, we got snow reliably each winter … doesn’t happen now, the climate has changed quite noticeably in 50 years.

We now have higher levels of atmospheric CO2 than at any time in the last 800,000 years, and we have managed to achieve that in a few decades, not the thousands of years previous changes have taken due to natural causes.

do not go too fast on the quality of the british wines because of global warming lol ...