caa a22 4500 467953287 CHVBK 20180323165703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19871201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00189075 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00189075 (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00705125 Eysberg C. Geografisch Instituut, Rijksuniverseit te Utrecht, POB 80 115, NL-3508 TC, Utrecht, Netherlands aut Viticulture in California: Cool airconditioned valleys as the equivalent of warm sheltered "côtes” [Elektronische Daten] [C. Eysberg] This essay focuses on the distinctive geographic "setting” of viticulture in California. It assesses the significance of the prevailing environmental conditions for wine growing in California and offers an explanation of the spatial pattern of Californian wine climate regions. Wine varieties in California, as almost everywhere in the world, are of European origin (Vitis vinifera). The ultimate result of a bio-geographic diffusion process of Vitis vinifera was the development of superior wine varieties in a climate that is marginal for wine growing in Western Europe (Cf-Köppen). Nestled in a cooler and more precarious macro-climatological environment, the relatively warm micro climates of the slopes (cotes) allow wine growing. The noble varieties peculiar to the slopes have been successfully transplanted in California's coastal valleys, this not-withstanding the California environment, which is diametrically opposed to that in Western Europe. In a hot macro environment (Cs-Köppen), high-quality wine growing is only possible due to the cool "airconditioned” micro climate in the valleys. D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1987 GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(1987-12-01), 367-373 0343-2521 15:4<367 1987 15 10708 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189075 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189075 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Eysberg C. Geografisch Instituut, Rijksuniverseit te Utrecht, POB 80 115, NL-3508 TC, Utrecht, Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(1987-12-01), 367-373 0343-2521 15:4<367 1987 15 10708 NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705125 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer