http://cortesdecima.com/general/almond-blossoms-heralding-the-end-of-winter/ Alentejo, Portugal Family Vineyards Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:26:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://cortesdecima.com/general/almond-blossoms-heralding-the-end-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-4144 Cortes de Cima » Blog Archive » An Alentejan vineyard in winter – Vine Dormancy Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:15:55 +0000 http://cortesdecima.com/?p=4564#comment-4144 [...] During a normal winter in Alentejo, we usually only experience a few days of frost, with the mercury rarely hitting below -2 or -3ºC. December 2010 has been wetter and on average colder (by 1º) than normal, with a max. of 22º and a min of -1º and a deluge of 329mm rainfall!  Winter rainfall to date at 848mm is mimicking exactly last year’s unusual wet winter. [...] [...] During a normal winter in Alentejo, we usually only experience a few days of frost, with the mercury rarely hitting below -2 or -3ºC. December 2010 has been wetter and on average colder (by 1º) than normal, with a max. of 22º and a min of -1º and a deluge of 329mm rainfall!  Winter rainfall to date at 848mm is mimicking exactly last year’s unusual wet winter. [...]

]]> http://cortesdecima.com/general/almond-blossoms-heralding-the-end-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 Cortes de Cima » Blog Archive » Vintage Report 2010 Record rain record heat Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:04:50 +0000 http://cortesdecima.com/?p=4564#comment-3380 [...] September 2010 we received an astonishing 1750 mm of rain, nearly 4 times the average, the wettest winter since 1870. All dams, including the nearby mammoth Alqueva, were replenished to [...] [...] September 2010 we received an astonishing 1750 mm of rain, nearly 4 times the average, the wettest winter since 1870. All dams, including the nearby mammoth Alqueva, were replenished to [...]

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