{"id":9582,"date":"2023-06-04T13:22:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T07:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=9582"},"modified":"2023-06-04T13:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T08:26:55","slug":"item_1_933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_1_933\/","title":{"rendered":"TechTalk: Impact of climate change on Trees and Wine Barrels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9582\" class=\"elementor elementor-9582\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Posted: Sunday, 04 June 2023 13:48<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4aea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4aea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<u>If you Like this article, please click\n<iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 120px; height: 21px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?app_id=173955395995712&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwineguyindia&amp;send=false&amp;layout=button_count&amp;width=120&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=arial&amp;height=21\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/u>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9669605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9669605\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62f3ec\" data-id=\"b62f3ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e78f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e78f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h1 class=\"articlepagetitle_heading\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">TechTalk:<\/span> Impact of climate change on Trees and Wine Barrels<\/h1>\n<div class=\"articlepageintroline\">June 04: Global warming has had a discerning impact on trees, wood and subsequently the barrels that are so important for quality wine production. The two most important aspects are increasingly high temperatures and drought, and in the context of wine production, wood is one of the elements on which climate change is having a significant impact, opines Angelo Gaja, of Barbaresco-based Gaja wines<\/div>\n<div class=\"articledata\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9584 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-271x300.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" alt=\"Tanaro River in the 1980's\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-768x851.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a>Gaja gives the example of their winemaker <strong>Alessandro Albarello<\/strong> who has been with them for a quarter of century as the oenologist, to help understand the impact of climate change on trees, wood and wine barrels. \u2018Alessandro tells us a story about when he learned to swim in the Tanaro River (river that meanders through the vineyards of Barbaresco) as a child\u2019, says Gaja.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the 1980\u2019s his parents ran a recreation club on its banks. There was a lively atmosphere on the river back with canoeing, fishing from the traditional long narrow boats and a real beach culture. But that world no longer exists. Today, passing over the Tanaro means crossing little more than a creek. A dry river bed is one of the clearest signs of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>This oenologist\u2019s kingdom is the cellar and wood is one of his most important tools. He manages the barrels and vats to firstly oversee the fermentation of grapes into wine, and secondly to curate its evolution and maturation. In the context of wine production, wood is one of the elements on which climate change is having a significant impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Barrel-7000-Liters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9595 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Barrel-7000-Liters-216x300.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" alt=\"Barrel 7000 Liters\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Barrel-7000-Liters-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Barrel-7000-Liters-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Barrel-7000-Liters-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Barrel-7000-Liters.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>The two most important aspects are increasingly high temperatures and drought. Fifteen years ago there was no need for climate control systems in the cellar since the temperature never reached above 18\u00b0C. Today, however, it can get up to 23\u00b0C. The problem is that the hotter and drier the environment, the more these barrels affect the wine by releasing overwhelming notes of vanilla. \u2018This is why we had to introduce air conditioning and controlled humidity in order to maintain a constant 14-15\u00b0C.\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro\u2019s favorite barrel in the cellar is a historic 7 ton (7.000 liters) barrel that produces that &#8216;almost perfect\u2019 wine: It respects the liquid contained inside to perfection. Drought, on the other hand, affects the barrel production process, specifically the maturation stage. This phase begins after the tree has been cut.<\/p>\n<p>For thicker barrels, a longer maturation period is required. As a rule of thumb about one year is needed for each centimeter of wall thickness. The wood seasoning process takes place outdoors and snow is essential as it generates the humidity necessary to contain the tannins that are derived from the wood.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If the climate is too dry during maturation, the wood is no longer capable of reducing the bitter tannins. Furthermore, when the matured wood is too dry, its structural qualities become compromised. It can happen with newly arrived barrels that begin to crack and after a few months even split apart.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Gaja has been buying barrels mainly from an Italian company <em>Gamba<\/em> and an Austrian company <em>Stockinger. <\/em>They asked the opinion of these two main barrel manufacturers with whom they collaborate, about the relationship between climate and wood.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gamba<\/em> have been master coopers for 7 generations. According to them, \u2018careful oak forest management is essential to mitigate the effects of climate change on wood. \u2018In forests where there is dynamic tree management and it produces proper oak density, fewer problems arise compared to forests lacking human intervention. We need to maintain a sufficient quantity of trees to establish slow growth and to ensure that they grow tall and straight. In case the oak trees become too many, we&#8217;ll need to conduct deforestation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9596 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro-300x300.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" alt=\"River Tanaro\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/River-tanaro-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Austrians of <em>Stockinger<\/em> say, \u2018thirty years ago one could buy perfect oak logs in almost all the central European countries. Today, this is no longer the case.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In some regions where the forests are at higher altitudes and where there has been less rain, they have stopped buying timber because the quality of tannins and the wood&#8217;s elasticity were no longer the same, causing the staves of some of the barrels to crack. \u2018Yet due to climate change, other forests, which did not produce quality wood forty years ago, provide today trunks suitable for barrel production\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Interesting observation about how climate change and global warming can affect the quality of wine through the wood used! These might not be important for the producers in India because of limited knowledge in this aspect but they would do well to focus on this aspect since barrels are used mostly for quality wines and this is one variable they need to understand properly- editor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articledata\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Sunday, 04 June 2023 13:48 If you Like this article, please click TechTalk: Impact of climate change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,72],"tags":[304,303,305,306],"class_list":["post-9582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-headlines","category-techtalk","tag-impact-of-climate-change","tag-techtalk","tag-trees","tag-wine-barrels"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s.jpg",900,997,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-271x300.jpg",271,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-768x851.jpg",640,709,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s.jpg",640,709,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s.jpg",900,997,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s.jpg",900,997,false],"slider-bg":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-900x600.jpg",900,600,true],"card-grid":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-600x900.jpg",600,900,true],"card-list":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-600x700.jpg",600,700,true],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s.jpg",900,997,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tanaro-River-in-the-1980s-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/techtalk\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TechTalk<\/a>","tag_info":"TechTalk","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9582"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9603,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9582\/revisions\/9603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}