Climate resilience in the UK wine sector — CREWS-UK
Vinescapes are thrilled to be involved with a new research venture, studying future climate change projections and impacts on UK wine production, CREWS-UK. As cool climate viticulture expands [...]
Mobile Frost Fans
Vinescapes is working in partnership with Mikrosera, a Turkish based manufacturer of mobile Frost Fans that protect vineyards from radiation frosts. Their mobile frost fans have 5 major points of [...]
BBC Radio 4 Farming Today – Dr Nesbitt
Dr Alistair Nesbitt was interviewed by the BBC for its flagship farming programme (Farming Today – 9th November 2018) regarding his research into suitable areas in England and Wales to grow [...]
Vineyard monitoring
Vinescapes work with suppliers of products which help grape growers precision manage their vineyards. Trak365 are one such preferred supplier of data driven decision support tools. We work with [...]
In Business, Business planning, Operational management, Training, Vineyard establishment, Winery design and construction
Posted The growing English wine sector
The number of new English & Welsh vineyards and their size continues to rise rapidly. By 2017 England & Wales had over 500 vineyards and an estimated 2,500 hectares under vine, the [...]
Frost risk analysis
A Hampshire vineyard experienced several frost events during 2017 that negatively affected their yield. The owners wanted to know if frost was an historic ‘problem’ in their locality and [...]
Moorbridge vineyard
Vinescapes is at the forefront of viticulture suitability analysis in the UK. Our site assessments and recommendations drive the critical decision making process of whether and what to plant. We [...]
Site evaluation
Vinescapes routinely use ultra high resolution (1 x 1 m) satellite or airborne derived terrain data to map and model potential vineyard sites. Using state-of-the-art geographic information [...]
Publication: Climate Change & UK Viticulture
Impact of recent climate change and weather variability on the viability of UK viticulture – combining weather and climate records with producers ’ perspectives. Extensive research conducted by [...]