Comments on: Climate change and wine event, a wrap!

By: Drink responsibly, not sustainably — WineEnabler.com

Drink responsibly, not sustainably — WineEnabler.com — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:55:15 +0000

[...] of common vocabulary: In his post about a recent event on wine and climate change, Dr. Vino calls four wines he just had “natural”. Now, without any further explanation, I (Michael) [...]

By: jared

jared — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:17:06 +0000

Thanks Tyler
Where could I find a copy of the paper submitted for peer review?

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:14:24 +0000

Hi Jared –

Thanks for your comment. Actually this is an error from the working paper version. We caught it before submitting it for peer review. It does not significantly affect the findings since the agricultural component of emissions is small.

By: jared

jared — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:07:18 +0000

Tyler, I think your research on the carbon footprint of wine is noble, but I’m finding several major errors/inconsistencies in your research paper. Have you gotten it peer-reviewed?

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?

By: MrTaz

MrTaz — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:04:44 +0000

We really enjoyed the event. Enjoyable, easy to swallow, yet with complex secondary and tertiary layers — a pleasant quaffer and thought-provoking experience all in one. Definitely outstanding QPR!

Great finally meeting you too!