PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
by Juha Karvonen (Author)
Plant breeding and global warming has made it possible to grow adapted grape varieties in higher latitudes, north of 52 N latitude in Europe. The northernmost grape growing occurs nowadays in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland), the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and Poland. Some books available in English quite limited discuss the influence of climate, soil, photoperiodism, and long days during the growing season on grape growing in these new viticulture areas. This book does not provide direct hints on viticulture and does not act as a "cookbook" for wine growing, but instead explains how the current northern growth conditions differ from the growth conditions in the traditional viticulture countries, and what requirements they impose northern viticulture as well as how climate change will influence on them.
Author Biography
Juha Karvonen (s. 1943) on lääketieteen tohtori ja agronomi, joka on opiskellut ja tutkinut viiniköynnöksen kasvatusta Napa Valley Collegessa Kaliforniassa, Eisenstadtin ammattikorkeakoulun maisteriohjelmassa Itävallassa ja Helsingin yliopiston maataloustieteiden laitoksella. Juha Karvosen kirjoittamat kirjat: -Viinitarhurina Suomessa - arktisen viininkasvatuksen opas, 2004 -Viiniköynnöksen kasvatus Suomessa, 2010 -Northern viticulture - reviews and studies, 2017 -Ilmaston muutos ja viiniköynnöksen kasvu Etelä-Suomessa, 2018 -Vinkkejä suomalaisille viinitarhureilla, 2019
