This term was coined in 2003 by Thailand-based wine author Frank Norel at a conference in Bangkok. It means "wines of new latitudes" and refers to the fact that vines are increasingly being cultivated outside the two vine belts (40 to 50 degrees north latitude and 30 to 40 degrees south latitude). This is partly due to climate change and partly to new cultivation techniques such as artificial irrigation. This has made viticulture possible in both tropical and northern areas.

In the future, this will affect countries such as Denmark, England and Poland in the northern hemisphere and Brazil, China and India in the southern hemisphere. Large wine companies are already investing in three of the latter.
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