Enigin To French Wine Rescue!
French champagne… the epitome of class, elegance and prestige! Inviting us to dream of a chic, refined lifestyle!
But what if global warming issues could bring this iconic beverage down to a less glamorous level…?
For you wine lovers out there, this might encourage you to seriously consider being proactive about fighting climate change by using energy efficient systems in your professional premises.
We are all aware now that saving energy is the key to combating climate change. It is simple and cost-effective to replace your inefficient equipment with Enigin PLC’s energy efficient products. Not only does it save money for you but it also helps prevent CO2 emissions which are the essence of the climate problem!
French wine is at stake here! And that in itself is a sacrilege. Enigin can help you to evaluate how much energy you are using and where it is being wasted. To do this, Enigin have a very useful smart meter called the Eniscope, which achieves this great deed.
The Eniscope is a real-time energy management system that measures energy consumption and also helps to identify where energy is being wasted - giving business owners a ‘virtual energy manager’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Once energy leaks are identified - Enigin then have specific energy efficient products that business owners can install, allowing them to save money on energy bills and participate in reducing their carbon footprint.
So if you, like me, are fond of French wine, then read on to find out what is actually being put at risk by global warming…
A french wine industry organisation has recently warned the country that global warming will put the livelihood of wine makers at stake.
As it is, it appears that climate change has already made Burgundy harvests go faster, changed the wonderful taste of Alsatian wines and shambled the hydration patterns of Mediterranean-grown grapes.
The President of Vigneron Independant (a wine growers’ association), Michel Issaly, says that “For those consumers who like consistency, if things go too far and the taste fundamentally changes, then we risk losing big chunks of market share”.
It used to be ludicrous to imagine that wines could be successfully cultivated in Britain, whereas nowadays it is becoming increasingly the case as the temperatures continue to rise.
The main risks of temperature rise for the wine industry is that it disrupts the weather, drying up fields, altering acidity levels in the grapes and increasing the wine’s alcohol potency. From 10-12 degrees of alcohol, which has been the norm for centuries, the alcohol content has risen to 15 degrees in some areas of France! This clearly jeopardizes the wine’s quality and drinkability.
Sadly, if trends keep going as they presently are, certain varieties of grapes, like the Pinot Noir which requires only very little sunshine, could actually be eradicated from most of Burgundy over the next couple of decades, according to Mr. Issaly.
On the brighter side, excess heat actually naturally sweetens the grapes, eliminating the need to add sugar to the wines. Winemakers call this ‘chaptalisation’ which is the process of injecting sugar to un-fermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation.
Evidently, to make wine, sunshine is needed, but so is rain! And the general warming of the Earth’s climate is depriving wine fields of essential rainfall.
So, for this to happen, global warming needs to be slowed down significantly, which means cutting down on carbon emissions. The only truly cost-efficient way of doing this is to opt for energy efficient equipment and Enigin can provide you with the latest technology in the energy efficiency industry to help you achieve carbon emission reduction.
Basically, the French Wine reputation is on the line - although the country will continue to produce wine as it always has, the quality of it may vary with time, as climate change progresses. And this is what mostly worries wine makers today.
The thought of a gourmet dinner without a fine bottle of French wine suddenly seems bland, as if lacking something essential… don’t you think?
It’s not too late to act and preserve our common ‘art de vivre’!
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