Weather Influences Wine Grape Production in the Napa Valley: Terra Spase, Inc. Releases First Comprehensive Report.Business Editors/Environment Writers/Wine Writers NAPA VALLEY Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004 Paul Skinner Paul Skinner (Born 3 February 1990 in Dublin, Ireland). He is a youth Goalkeeper for Celtic. He signed for Celtic summer 05/06 from Lourdes Celtic Youth. , Ph.D., viticulturist and founder of Terra Spase, Inc. released a report today that provides vintners, winemakers, and land-owners with the most comprehensive resource for understanding weather influences on wine grape production in the Napa Valley. The report, "Weather and Wine Grapes in the Napa Valley AVA Ava, in the Bible Ava (ā`və), in the Bible, an unidentified city of Mesopotamia, perhaps the same as Ivah. Its inhabitants are called Avites. " provides detailed descriptions on the 14 different appellations and the weather that has occurred within the Napa Valley AVA from 1996 to 2002. The report also combines weather data on the growing, harvest, and dormant seasons with information on grapevine growth and production for different grape varietals grown within the Napa Valley. This report includes individual color maps of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, growing degree-days, and disease risk within the Napa Valley AVA. One of the core results stemming from this weather report is what Skinner termed the 'Mercedes' effect. This is the consistent onset of summer weather conditions which encourage a cessation of grapevine vegetative vegetative /veg·e·ta·tive/ (vej?e-ta?tiv) 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of plants. 2. concerned with growth and nutrition, as opposed to reproduction. 3. growth and a shift to fruit ripening ripening said of meat. See curing. as smoothly as a Mercedes changing gears. The smoothness of this transition and the frequency with which it accelerates at an optimum time in the vines growth cycle, may be one of the most important, but overlooked climatic characteristics that set the Napa AVA apart from other grape growing regions of the world. Last December, Terra Spase, Inc. released a complimentary report, "Soils and Wine Grapes in the Napa Valley AVA," describing in detail the unique soil characteristics of the individual appellations within the area. The two reports together represent one of the most detailed current descriptions of an AVA anywhere in the wine grape-growing world. The Napa Valley Vintners Association sponsored both reports. Paul Skinner is considered one of the region's most respected viticulturists and has spent the last 20 years consulting with wine grape growers and wineries throughout California and also with clients in Oregon, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Virginia. Many of his winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker clients have received Wine Spectator's Top 100 List distinction, including Paloma, Pride Mountain, Whitehall Lane, Chimney Rock Chimney Rock can refer to one of the following sites in the United States:
"This is the only report containing detailed descriptions and analysis on all 14 Napa Valley appellations and the effects weather has on grape growing," said Paul Skinner. "Winemaker's and vintners using this report now have the advantage of structuring their viticulture practices in accordance with this scientific evidence and historic data on the weather in the Napa Valley." Both reports are now available for purchase. The weather report costs $295 per copy, while the soils report costs $495 per copy. Napa Valley Vintners Association members receive a special 20% discount. Contact Terra Spase at (707) 967-8325, faxing (707)-967-8596 or email terraspase@earthlink.net. Order forms for both reports can be downloaded online at www.terraspase.com. About Terra Spase Terra Spase was founded in 1994 by Paul Skinner, Ph.D. of Vineyard Investigations to offer solution oriented consulting services to vineyard owners and wineries. Terra Spase offers spatial information products including a powerful set of in-house tools including the Terroir Terroir (/tεʀwaʀ/ in French) was originally a French term in wine and coffee used to denote the special characteristics that geography bestowed upon them. (TM) soil analysis program. Terra Spase services combine soil, weather, vine and wine data with statistical analysis, forecasting, and mapping tools. Terra Spase assists wineries with defining and monitoring irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. management strategies, vine nutritional programs, and crop quality monitoring for optimizing vineyard performance. Terra Spase products and services are designed to help growers and vintners understand and mange mange (mānj), contagious skin disease of domestic and wild animals. The several types of mange, including follicular and sarcoptic mange, are caused by various minute parasitic mites that burrow into skin, hair follicles, or sweat glands. their vineyards to achieve the highest level of fruit and wine quality. Terra Spase is available online at http://www.terraspase.com. |
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