Terroir/Climate

Question 1

What climate does the Porto region have?

Answer 1

Continental
Freezing winters and hot, dry summers.

Question 2

What are “patamares”?

Answer 2

Wide terraces supported by banks of schist. They allow tractors btwn the rows.

Question 3

Vinhos ao Alta is what type of system?

Answer 3

Of planting vines in vertical rows leading directly up the slopes instead of the patamares.

Question 4

What are some climatic factors that affects viticulture?

Answer 4

The humidity of the river
Poor soils
Lack of tree cover (lots of heat in summer)
The slight breezes from the mountains.