Aleria's Adventures

Temperatures are "exceptionally mild" for the time of year, with Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland all having the warmest November night on record. The temperature in Furnace near Newport never dropped below 15C on Friday and reached 18C during the day. Meteorologists say the mild weather is the result of a powerful jet stream bringing warm air up from the south as far as Cape Verdes. Average night-time temperatures in the British Isles at this time of year range between 4-6C. It's certainly a bonus for millions of people who are concerned about heating bills, but is it a sign of a permanent shift in weather patterns, and how much is climate change playing a part? Sea Temperatures off the coast of Ireland are almost at levels recorded during summertime, the head of forecasting at Met Éireann, Evelyn Cusack, has said . The unseasonably warm temperatures this month come after one of the wettest Octobers on record and the hottest summer in over 135 years. It's going...

Cargo sailboats. Courtesy of Grain de Sail. It seems that sailors are working toward decarbonising the delivery of wine by shipping it via sailboat . In fact, our friend Jaime Young is converting his boat into a cargo ship for similar reasons. Perhaps we shouldn't be selling Aleria . Given that we have Daria's Vineyard and Alex's Apiary, our wine label will be called Aleria , and we are using all-natural no-till sustainable techniques to grow and harvest the grapes, it's all fitting together.   Hmmmm! Now all we have to do is figure out how to make decent wine.