Summer also chooses grapes
In the vineyard, relief and seasons are part of history.
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The Viticulture Commission describes Basto as the most inland sub-region of the Green Wines, protected from maritime influence. Cold and rainy winters follow hot and dry summers. These conditions favor later ripening varieties, such as Azal, Espadeiro and Rabo-de-Anho. It is a regional reading: it does not describe the time of a specific year or the conditions of all plots of Cabeceiras. But it helps to look at a hillside with vines and realize that each harvest begins long before the harvest.
Source and context
CVRVV — Learn all about the Green Wine Region, sub-region of Basto, PDF sheet 17
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