Will Ireland be a great wine producer and Bristol like Hawaii with the global warming?

Answer 1

It is likely that the oceanic currents "conveyor" in the North Atlantic switches because of the quantity of ice melting. It happened at the start of the last glaciation. The effect is overnight because the Gulf Stream goes up the American coast instead of ours.
In the morning, we wake up in London with the climate of Newfoundland (about same latitude) ... this is not a catastrophe scenario and is expected to happen in 5 years or so according to projections. Not a catastrophe for the first few years, until the glaciation really kicks in but and then you'd better have secured yourself a nice pad somewhere decent in the new climate card reshuffle ... so vodka seems a better bet than wine, but until then, yep it's getting warmer and wines are getting sweeter on this side of the pond. Keep a bottle for me please. Thanks.

Answer 2

I was at a wine tasting the other week (In Bristol, actually!) and the expert (A French guy) said he had to admit that Britain was already starting to produce varieties of grape that he would not have dreamed would grow well here just a few years ago!
There's actually a downside to that - wines traditionally associated with colder climate, like German and Austrian wines, are suffering as the climate grow warmer. Perhaps the Scandinavian countries will take over from the Rhine?

Answer 3

maybe, maybe not.
we are facing climate change, which is more complex & uncertain than simple warming; so west eurpope may actually get colder if gulf stream turns off. and changes to rainfall & increased storms.

plus luxuries like wine may be a low priority if large amounts of global food growing areas are lost, and we are trying to produce bio-fuels to cope with post-peak oil too. and the immigration pressure of all the climate refugees from southern europe, bangladesh etc...

Answer 4

I really hope so, it's cold up here in Scotland, bring on the tropical heat!