Climate, Grapes, and Wine | Gregory Jones, Ph. D. | TEDxRoseburg

Dr. Gregory Jones will cover the important connections between climate and agriculture with a focus on growing grapes for wine production. He will discuss how climate change has altered, and will likely continue to alter, the global wine map. Dr. Jones is director of the Division of Business, Communication and the Environment and a professor and research climatologist in the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Southern Oregon University. He specializes in the study of climate structure and suitability for viticulture with a focus on how climate variability and change influence grapevine growth, wine production and quality worldwide.
He conducts applied research for the grape and wine industry in Oregon and has given hundreds of international, national, and regional presentations on climate and wine-related research. Dr. Jones is the author of numerous book chapters, reports and articles on wine economics, grapevine phenology, site assessment methods for viticulture, climatological assessments of viticultural potential, and climate change. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@veritasstrategicsolutions]

What an excellent video, very informative and entertaining. The only thing I i don't like about it is that it has so low views, this is a highly underrated talk.... Thanks for giving experts like Dr. Jones a platform to show their findings.

[@gretabuccellato9094]

Love the growing season grid. Thanks!

[@madameprestige4487]

very useful video, helping me complete my assignment.

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Interesting n informative talk. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@Mamablip]

Excellent speech!

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

I'm considering in the coldest region in Poland Sauvignon Kretos or Nepis italian version of Sauvignon

[@titofrost958]

this guy needed a sip of wine during this, he was smacking up a storm. Good talk though

[@colinrickels201]

A nice Cabernet with high tannins 😂

[@user-os4or2jc2c]

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[@Theclasshole]

Why oh why do you people insist with the farenheits.

[@SirWussiePants]

Every system of measurement is an arbitrary human invented nonsensical group of numbers. Frankly, Farenheit is more accurate. Centigrade has 100 degrees between freezing and boiling. Farenheit has 180 degrees making farenheit the more accurate scale. The talk was given in the USA. The USA uses Farenheit and speaks in English. If he spoke in Italy he would use Centigrade and speak in Italian. Why drive on the left vs the right? Life is messy and arbitrary. Live with it.

[@whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

The Romans grew grapes as far north as southern Scotland, something that viticulturists are just now getting going again. So no, it's not warmer now than any time in recorded history, unless you think recorded history began 150 years ago. 300-400 years ago was the coldest period of the past 10,000 years and we're still warming from that cold period.

[@jjmadethelesson2564]

prove it

[@TamaraSellsGulfCoastHomes]

Good point, I agree.

[@liamcol9476]

Then again, the question isn't just growth- but quality. Grapes are incredibly resilient, especially if they were sourced from across the empire to suit the climate. The Romans however didn't praise the quality of Scottish grown grape wine, they often mixed and made more of a vermouth- it's a comparison of corn varieties used for South American masa v Sweetgrowing monoculture corn. So I hate to say it but your comment is incredibly A->B. This talk is about crops which grow well in small delicate climates for their "ultimate purpose"... Growing grapes for basic fermented juice/consumption v Growing grapes for culturally important wine(And subsequently its affects on civilization.)

[@kevinwhittingham6078]

If this is about wine Romans grew wine in Scotland 2000 years nothing to do with climate change

[@FerranPacheco]

Kevin Whittingham you are right, but they TRIED TO, which is quite different. Altough you have a point too.

[@rokka222]

He said nothing

[@nostalgiastudio4570]

pay attention, speed it up by 1.5x