Vintage 2012 will go down in history as quite extraordinary for all the wrong reasons. And, for the first time in half a century, the world may have a shortage rather than a surplus of wine.
2012是悲惨的年份,悲惨到足以被载入史册。另外,今年还出现了产量不足的情况——要知道,近五十年来,世界葡萄酒市场一直处于供大于求的状态。
Europe’s growing season has been horrible – unlike the west coast of America. Late January and early February, when many vignerons were in the vineyards pruning before the arrival of spring, came that viciously cold snap all over Europe. Temperatures were almost low enough to kill vines – most unusual in supposedly Mediterranean climates. Spring arrived tentatively, but without usefully plentiful rains to replenish water tables. And then, disastrously for quantity, there was extremely unsettled weather in June for the all-important flowering. The result was an exceptionally small, uneven fruit set and relatively few bunches.
比起美国西海岸来说,欧洲的生长季节简直可以用糟糕来形容。一月底和二月初期间,当很多种植者为迎接春季的到来而在葡萄园中剪枝时,猛烈的冷空气席卷了欧洲,温度居然骤降到足以冻死葡萄植株的地步,如此的低温在地中海气候下实属罕见。春季虽然犹抱琵琶半遮面地缓缓到来,但与之同来的降雨量却未能有效地对水位提供足够的补偿;六月是葡萄植株生长阶段中最重要的开花期,结果天公却频频变脸,对产量造成了灾难性的影响。这样恶劣的天气情况造成的后果可想而知:葡萄果粒小得可怜,座果非常不均匀,果串数量也相对较少。
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