There is a story&nbsp;- natural for you, organic for me -&nbsp;behind the 3,000 years of viticulture in Bozcaada. Nature embraced us, the wind blew fertile. Until they came to the island, viticulture was practiced 5 kilometers away. A very important reason for the island's connection is its microclimate. But pay attention, I am not saying macroclimate, I am saying microclimate.This information I am going to share consists of excerpts from my conversation with renowned owner of Corvus Vineyards&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/resitsoley/?hl=en&utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Reşit Soley</a> during my trip to Bozcaada. Let's say I transcribed his comments based on his 20 years of experience and observations. I was lucky that he shared them with me, and we will wander together through vineyards independent of time and place.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/5/1661496844541.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="3.02" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">The wind is blowing now, and we are in Corvus.Let's make an introduction with basic information. A microclimate is a narrow climate zone.<h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">The island vineyards are green again</h3>The island has an interesting microclimate. The basin is arid, with lots of sunshine and wind. The soil is not a very special soil; there is little organic matter, no clay to hold water, it’s sandy. It is steppe soil. When you add plenty of sun and wind to this steppe soil, it is almost impossible for a plant to grow. But Bozcaada is unexpectedly green. When you look at the other islands, there are small patches of greenery in their valleys. In Bozcaada, almost the whole island is green.<h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Thermal shock</h3>How do these grapes grow?" I ask Mr. Soley.<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"There are thermic movements between the sea and the land; the winds of the island are the gale and the lodos. The gale always brings us a certain coolness and humidity. Lodos brings drought. After the lodos, the vineyards are as if they have been beaten; in the gale, the vineyards become much more vigorous."</blockquote>he begins to explain. At the beginning of July; after 21.00, dew starts on the island due to the hot-cold discrepancy between land and sea. And it continues until sunrise. Dew is one of the main causes of diseases in the vineyard; let's keep this in mind, I will get to the reason.<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"In the past, there used to be gale at sunrise. Now the balance has been disrupted with global warming. At sunrise, the gale does not start. It starts at 09.00 in the morning. So for a long time, the sun is up and the dew is down; heat and humidity combine. This triggers diseases. This is why dew is one of the main causes of diseases in the vineyard."</blockquote>Of course, in the 3-thousand-year history of the island, things were different. The dew would soak all the vegetation in the vineyard.<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"When you used to go to the vineyards, you used to get soaked. All the vineyards would be soaked with dew and then dry with the first wind. Drying out means physically cooling down. Over the years, this drying caused a very serious thermal shock to the plants."</blockquote>says Mr. Soley.This thermal shock plays a leading role in the aromatic profile of the island grapes. "Why?" you ask, the difference in temperature between day and night is a very important factor for the development of grapes. Cold nights help the grapes retain their aromas and acidity during the ripening period. A vineyard where there is more temperature difference between day and night produces more aromatic and acidic wines (than a vineyard where there is less). In Bozcaada, the wind creates the thermal shock effect. The vineyards that are soaked with dew are dried by the wind; in other words, they cool down. Here is the thermal shock. Mr. Soley explains it like this:<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"Here we could extract almost the same intensity of aromas and acidity as grapes from a vineyard at an altitude of about 500 meters. If you go to the opposite coast, there is no such effect."</blockquote><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/5/1661496884710.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.81" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">The dark side of the microclimate; the hidden mildew</h2>This is the main microclimate of the island, but this microclimate also brings the myceliosis. Mildew is a disease of the vineyard. You can recognize the disease by the spots on the leaves. It is a disease on the island, it is kept under control. But there is a latent mildew that you can't recognize, it comes during the flowering period. And this is not a mildew that you can detect during this period; it only affects the flower and cannot be recognized because it does not show itself at all. This is a serious problem. "There is a saying on the island," says Mr. Soley,<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"'Çavuş shrugged it off.' Çavuş didn't shrug it off at all, the mildew got on its flower, and half of the flowers there perished. It is not possible to detect it visually. Because you can't see its effect on the leaves. There is no situation where you can see it and say, "I should spray it."</blockquote>This is the dark side of microclimate. This is one of the reasons why Çavuş grapes cannot be sold from the island to Istanbul; the hidden mildew. The bunches are ugly, and when they are ugly, they cannot be sold.<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"I think one of the main reasons for the economic collapse on the island is mild mildew."</blockquote>says Mr. Soley. It's like a flower pot falling on your head, you never see it coming!Things are difficult on the island, you see.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Micro-of-the-micro</h2>The microclimate on the island is limited to 40 square kilometers; 5 kilometers by 8 kilometers. And it has 3 sub-microclimates within itself. They differ due to their location on the island.1- North coast of the island; Meadow.The vineyards are open to the gale and completely sandy. The sand is a bit tricky. It is beneficial because of the drainage (think of it as water draining away), but on the other hand, it is harmful because the water drains away. I know it's confusing, it's hard to find a middle ground. For example, if there was a little more clay soil, it would retain some water.2- South coast of the island; Ayana.This is the area where Corvus has vineyards. There is sand and white clay, lime. These are important factors for white grapes. It's like being in a canal. It's in the nest of a canal on the axis of the wind. It works almost like a meadow effect, open to the gale.3- The center of the island; Ova.Çavuş, Vasilaki, Kuntra and Karalahna may stay in your mind like the place where they grew up. A flat area; the plain. They are local, you see.There is a difference between the three in terms of productivity and vegetation. The ones in the south take a bit of a beating, the ones in the north get some moisture from the sea and are more vigorous. This is how the sub-microclimates of the island are differentiated by location.The wind blows hard on the island, but I'm glad it does.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/7/5/1661496930605.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="3.02" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">

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