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Climatic Conditions for Wine Grape Growing
Author(s) -
FITZHARRIS B B,
ENDUCHER W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1996.tb00458.x
Subject(s) - wine , geography , limit (mathematics) , southern hemisphere , grape wine , ecology , biology , mathematics , food science , mathematical analysis
Vineyards in New Zealand are pushing further south than anywhere else in the Southern Hemisphere, this despite poor understanding of the latitudinal limits of grape growing. European experience shows a limit of 50 o N. Valuable pointers and cautionary tales from Germany encourage a view that the southern limit in New Zealand may be 45 o S. This is broadly confirmed by comparative climate data from Germany and New Zealand.