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Climate categories in viticulture
In viticulture, the climates of wine regions are categorised based on the overall characteristics of the area's climate during the
growing season
. While variations in
macroclimate
are acknowledged, the climates of most
wine regions
are categorised (somewhat loosely based on the
Köppen climate classification
) as being part of a
Mediterranean
(for example
Tuscany
),
maritime
(ex:
Bordeaux
) or
continental climate
(ex:
Columbia Valley
). The majority of the world's premium wine production takes place in one of these three climate categories in locations between the
30th parallel
and
50th parallel
in both the
northern
and
southern hemisphere
. While
viticulture
does exist in some
tropical climates
, most notably
Brazil
, the amount of quality wine production in those areas is so small that the climate effect has not been as extensively studied as other categories.
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