Objective topoclimatic assessment of winegrowing areas in Austria in view of their influence on wine quality

Aim of this project is to determine objective climatological criteria concerning the quality of wine in different vine growing regions in Austria. For this purpose the thermal and radiative differences, topographic effects of the terrain, as well as risk for waterstress and frost are considered. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and high resolution meteorological measurements, the point data will be transformed in areal information for the vine growing region Retz.