Climate

Question 1

What is the climate along most of Greece’s coastlines and inland?

Answer 1

Coastline: Mediterranean
Inland: Increasingly continental

Question 2

What are some of the possible consequences of the common strong onshore winds affecting the vineyards of Greece, especially on the Cyclades islands?

Answer 2

Stopping photosynthesis, interrupting flowering and berry-set, delaying ripening, destroying unprotected vines, increasing water stress (irrigation often essential), reducing fungal disease pressure

Question 3

Average rainfall in most of Greece’s wine producing regions?

Answer 3

400 to 700 mm

Question 4

Greece’s vineyards are located at latitudes between “blank” and “blank” degrees N.

Answer 4

34 and 42 degrees N

Question 5

Generally speaking, what makes Greece suitable for organic and biodynamic viticulture?

Answer 5

The generally hot and dry growing conditions