The challenge of climate change in Greece

Countless pages have been written about the effect of climate change on viticulture (increases of temperature during the vine growth cycle have impacted the continuing suitability of varieties to the growing environment of their traditional sites in the N. Hemisphere). But, the essence of this question is what does this really mean for Greece. A recent study by Koufos, Mavromatis, Koundouras and Jones published in 2017, in the International Journal of Climatology, sheds some light onto this question. 

Two important factors were established by the study. Firstly, the classification of areas according to their climate, and secondly a prediction of expected future developments for the periods of 2021-2050 and 2061-2090 respectively. At long last, this has put a climate database in place, which doesn't allow for wild guesses. Let me note here that the study is based on data from the period 1981-2010.