microclimate - Grapevines planted only a few hundred feet away from each other can be polar opposites regarding its harvested fruit's sweetness and taste. Grape growers must decide where they locate their vines relative to the limitations of their property boundaries. Within these boundaries can be microclimates due to differences of: slope, sunlight exposure, altitude, water drainage, wind, etc. Take a sip, as Flash is needed to utilize the WineDefinitions database, http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer.