Heat Factors

Question 1

What are the 6 factors for heat in a vineyard?

Answer 1

1. Altitude
2. Latitude
3. Aspect
4. Ocean
5. Fog
6. Soil

Question 2

Wrt laitutde, where are the warmer vineyards?

Answer 2

closer to the equator

Question 3

Why is altitude a good thing?

Answer 3

It allows grapes to be grown in countries closer to the equator

Question 4

What are the 2 cooling currents?

Answer 4

Humbodlt - Chile

Benguela - SA

Question 5

What is the warming current?

Answer 5

Gulf Stream - Bordeaux

Question 6

What 2 locations benefit from fog’s cooling?

Answer 6

California

Casablanca Valley, Chile

Question 7

What type of soil absorbs more heat?

Answer 7

Stony

Question 8

What it continenality?

Answer 8

Difference between the hottest & coldest months

Question 9

What does high continenality mean?

Answer 9

large seasonal temperature difference

Question 10

What benefits do large bodies of water bring to continentality?

Answer 10

They heat & cool slower

Question 11

What does continentality influence?

Answer 11

The length of the growing season

Question 12

What is diurnal range?

Answer 12

The difference between the day & night temperatures

Question 13

What may reduce the diurnal range?

Answer 13

Seas/lakes

Question 14

What can influence diurnal range?

Answer 14

Clouds