Spain, ecology, global warming, forest, Wine

In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Valencia, Spain (IPCC) was held during the meeting, the average surface temperature of the earth, at the end of this century from the late 20 th century up to approximately 6.4 degrees of scientific content was found.

2009 and July, according to AFP, in Spain, the Spanish wine producers were being forced to relocate to the place from the high altitude vineyards. Spain is one of the country have been heavily affected by global warming.

Spain is a wine grape acreage in the world. However, the effects of climate change is becoming the Iberian Peninsula are changing semi-desert. The Spanish Environment Ministry, the country is in a dry region of Europe, the climate "Africa" was the third of the land is "serious" face a risk of desertification.

The cultivation of grapes and the sun is vital, and too hot, the grapes are in addition to sugar, smell, hardness, and lose the element and build the color slowly.

Major wineries and wine Federation Spain (Spanish Wine Federation) is looking for a way to deal with this crisis. The project grapes ripen slowly, "Demeter (Demeter)" was launched.

In addition, a valid solution, as one of "the sophistication of the place of cultivation" have been studied. At high altitude, heat and cool at night in be better ripening of grapes. Local researchers, "grape production, within the next 15 years, from 800 meters above sea level in 1000 would need to create a vineyard between the meters. Major manufacturers are beginning to buy land in the highlands have "he said.

The 2008 has a story that has been moved to the high altitude vineyards growing in Spain in the Asahi Shimbun. President Miguel vineyard owned by the vineyards, a few hundred meters altitude. However, compared with 50 years ago, the average harvest time was earlier than 10 days. Mr. Miguel, this year, its high altitude of 1200 meters, about 80 hectares of land purchased.

oh. vineyards....