Introduction to Italy - The growing environment and grape growing
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Italy is a long thin country, what are the latitude ranges? What are the main influences on the Climate?
- 35-47N
- Apennines running down providing wide range of sites.
- Climate in general: warm mediterranean
- Many regions influenced by the sea (on three sides)
- Inland continental climate
How was the training systems of vines in Italy traditionally?
- Pergola in the north for high volumes
- Mixed plantings in Tuscany (veggies, olives, grain)
- Bush vines in the South (adapt to hot dry climate)
Italy has a lot of local varieties, how many are identified?
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Black and white varieties are both widely planted or individually in a number of regions. Name samples.
- Sangiovese (nr 1) & Trebbiano (nr3) widely, especially in Central Italy
- Catarratto (nr 6)mainly in Sicily
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