Comments on: This blog came THIS close to a mention in the NYer, WSJ! http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/ wine talk that goes down easy Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:55:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: jared http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-74415 jared Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:40:40 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-74415 Tyler, have you had your paper peer reviewed? Tyler, have you had your paper peer reviewed?

]]> By: jared http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-74407 jared Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:15:34 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-74407 From the research paper: "Compared to many other crops, grapes yield relatively little output per hectare. Grapes considered in this study yielded between 400 and 800 kilograms (kg) per hectare" 800 kg = 1763 lbs = 0.88 tons per hectare = 0.35 tons per acre (2.5 acres per hectare). so the paper is saying that vineyards yield between 0.18 and 0.35 tons per acre. that's simply false. typical vineyards in california yield 2-5 tons per acre, and vineyards in the central valley can yield up to 10 tons per acre. am i missing something here? Tyler check your numbers please. From the research paper:
“Compared to many other crops, grapes yield relatively little output per hectare. Grapes considered in this study yielded between 400 and 800 kilograms (kg) per hectare”

800 kg = 1763 lbs = 0.88 tons per hectare
= 0.35 tons per acre (2.5 acres per hectare).

so the paper is saying that vineyards yield between 0.18 and 0.35 tons per acre. that’s simply false.

typical vineyards in california yield 2-5 tons per acre, and vineyards in the central valley can yield up to 10 tons per acre.

am i missing something here? Tyler check your numbers please.

]]> By: ryan http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-73009 ryan Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:26:21 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-73009 You were mentioned quite a few times at the Global Climate Change and Wine conference, though not your blog. It was funny though having them talk of Tyler and for a second I thought, "huh, wonder who he is" then me and Gabriella turned to each other and mouthed "Dr.Vino!" Glad to see your efforts getting talked about! You were mentioned quite a few times at the Global Climate Change and Wine conference, though not your blog. It was funny though having them talk of Tyler and for a second I thought, “huh, wonder who he is” then me and Gabriella turned to each other and mouthed “Dr.Vino!”
Glad to see your efforts getting talked about!

]]> By: BD http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72853 BD Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:48:17 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72853 Actually, the New Yorker article preceded the U.N. leak about the 3x worse shipping CO2 reality, so it really does warrant a re-calculation of your numbers, to be honest. Furthermore, the claim that "you don't have to build highways to berth a ship" is a crock of bad vinegar, because the ship building industry requires heavy use of trucks and highways to move (from source to port) the steel, wood, supplies, even fabric for your romantic but completely irrelevant sailboat, a fad of whisking wine from France to Ireland in "just" four days. And only 60,000 bottles at a time? Sure it's a start, but seriously? There are supermarket chains with that much wine on pallets in the warehouse. It's inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Come on, Dr. V.... we have a long way to go, all fun and games aside, the shipment of heavy glass bottles via diesel barge across the Atlantic is hardly "sustainable" or laudable. We should all be open to swifter change. And given the groundbreaking news about the 3x greater impacts of oceanic freight than previously known, we need to take a deeper look at our vino's venture from vineyard to corkage. (twistage? what is it now with these screw tops?) Sure, power plants and such need a larger kick in the pants, but every sector needs to rethink its impact. Actually, the New Yorker article preceded the U.N. leak about the 3x worse shipping CO2 reality, so it really does warrant a re-calculation of your numbers, to be honest. Furthermore, the claim that “you don’t have to build highways to berth a ship” is a crock of bad vinegar, because the ship building industry requires heavy use of trucks and highways to move (from source to port) the steel, wood, supplies, even fabric for your romantic but completely irrelevant sailboat, a fad of whisking wine from France to Ireland in “just” four days. And only 60,000 bottles at a time? Sure it’s a start, but seriously? There are supermarket chains with that much wine on pallets in the warehouse. It’s inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Come on, Dr. V…. we have a long way to go, all fun and games aside, the shipment of heavy glass bottles via diesel barge across the Atlantic is hardly “sustainable” or laudable. We should all be open to swifter change. And given the groundbreaking news about the 3x greater impacts of oceanic freight than previously known, we need to take a deeper look at our vino’s venture from vineyard to corkage. (twistage? what is it now with these screw tops?) Sure, power plants and such need a larger kick in the pants, but every sector needs to rethink its impact.

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72706 Dr. Vino Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:36:54 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72706 btw, they could always revert to sail!! http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hChoVlzhW91rwuf7KKwDc46aKJvA btw, they could always revert to sail!!

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hChoVlzhW91rwuf7KKwDc46aKJvA

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72699 Dr. Vino Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:16:21 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72699 My co-author runs these kind of calculations every day so I am sure that he us up on the latest. Still, as the New Yorker article said, you don't have to build a highway to berth a ship. My co-author runs these kind of calculations every day so I am sure that he us up on the latest. Still, as the New Yorker article said, you don’t have to build a highway to berth a ship.

]]> By: BD http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72649 BD Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:20:12 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72649 Thanks for your work, but I think you should address the new shipping CO2 revelations as soon as possible. If it really is 3x worse than previously believed, that warrants a re-calculation of your numbers, accordingly. Don't you agree? Thanks! Thanks for your work, but I think you should address the new shipping CO2 revelations as soon as possible. If it really is 3x worse than previously believed, that warrants a re-calculation of your numbers, accordingly. Don’t you agree?
Thanks!

]]> By: Richard Smith http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72577 Richard Smith Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:55:24 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72577 We are in the process of setting up a "Carbon Free' shipping mechanism through www.carbonfund.org. As far as I am aware, this will make us the first company to ship wine 'Carbon Free' in the U.S. I will be adding an article to my blog in the next few days that will address the issue more specifically. This is a great program that enables shippers to offset their carbon emissions by purchasing offsets through Carbon Fund. We are in the process of setting up a “Carbon Free’ shipping mechanism through http://www.carbonfund.org. As far as I am aware, this will make us the first company to ship wine ‘Carbon Free’ in the U.S. I will be adding an article to my blog in the next few days that will address the issue more specifically. This is a great program that enables shippers to offset their carbon emissions by purchasing offsets through Carbon Fund.

]]> By: Paul Sharp http://www.drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72574 Paul Sharp Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:39:13 +0000 http://drvino.com/2008/02/20/this-blog-came-this-close-to-a-mention-in-the-nyer-wsj/#comment-72574 Hi There, I've seen a couple of articles about the carbon emissions from ocean going shipping being 3 times higher than previously thought. Have you seen this ? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/02/13/eaship113.xml Cheers Hi There,

I’ve seen a couple of articles about the carbon emissions from ocean going shipping being 3 times higher than previously thought. Have you seen this ? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/02/13/eaship113.xml

Cheers

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