Recent and future climate conditions and their impact on viticulture at the Upper Moselle region

Climate plays a decisive role in viticulture. It has a large impact on the duration of the vegetative cycle, on the health of the vines and on the quality of the harvest. Under a changing climate wine characteristics may change and some vine varieties could become unproductive. The goal of this study is to develop statistical models for phenological event dates (budburst and flowering) and must quality (must density and acidity) for the Upper Moselle region, especially for the Luxembourgian viticulture. First, the regional climate and the phenological states of different vine varieties during... Mehr ...