On 2018-01-21 3:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:12:32 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:

>>> People must have had bad taste in those days. You can make wine in
>>> colder climates if you use the right grapes, but those wines and
>>> grapes aren't highly valued these days.
>>
>> I know a local winemaker who has made a name for himself participating
>> on the cold climate wine making niche. He is associated with a number of
>> international winemakers and produces wines here in Niagara, in Prince
>> Edward County, Oregon and in France. They are great wines, but they are
>> pricey.
>
> Tasmanian cool climate wines can also be good, but are also pricey. I
> think it's because of the smaller scale.
>
> But if you go even cooler, it becomes difficult and you have to use
> grapes you wouldn't normally choose.

I had to check online for the Tasmanian climate, and it is a heck of a
lot warmer than ours. Ours is closer to that of the Champagne region of
France. Much of our winter hovers around the freezing point. We
occasionally have an extremely cold winter that may kill off some of the
vines, and may occasionally have untimely frosts that will kill off some
of the buds, but that tends to affect only the quantity of the harvest,
not the quality.