A.
Property characteristics
A1. Where are your vineyard blocks mainly situated?
Roussillon Plain 1
Agly Valley
Têt Valley
2
3
Maury
Tautavel
4
5
Lesquerde
Other
6
7
A2. What is the size of your property, in hectares?
A3. Within which age range are you?
< or =30 y. 1 31-45 y. 2 46-60 y. 3 >60 y. 4
A4. How long have you been working in viticulture?
< or = 5 y. 1 6-10 y. 2 11-20 y. 3 21-30 y. 4 >30 y. 5
A5. What grapevine varieties do you grow?
Grenache 1 Syrah 2
Mourvèdre 4 Muscat 5
Carignan
Other
3
6
A6. What is your situation?
Grape growing and independent winemaking 1
Grape growing and winemaking in cooperative 2
Winemaking only (cooperative) 3
A7. What part of your property is/was classified as AOC or IGP in 2011?
< or =25% 1 26-50% 2 51-75% 3
A8. Do you have another source of income besides viticulture?
Yes 1 No 0
B.
Climate
>75% 4
B1. According to you, what is the biggest threat to your activity?
Economic situation = Eco Climate change or variability = Climate Other
B2. Have you perceived changes in local climate since you have been living here?
Yes, clearly 2
I think so, but I am not sure 1
I do not think so 0
B3. What changes have you noticed?
None 0
The locale climate is: hotter 1 drier 2 more windy 3
B4. What have been the impacts of those changes on your activity?
None 0 Decreasing yields
Declining health of grapevine 3 other 4
1 Maturation block
Earlier harvest 4
2
Spring frost 5 Other 6
B5. Do you have the possibility to irrigate your vineyards? If not, why?
No 0 Yes 1
B6. If you could, would you implement irrigation in your blocks? Why?
No 0 Yes 1
B7. If you knew that, in thirty years from now, summer temperature could be on average 1 or 2°C warmer than now, with a more frequent occurrence of drought, like between 2003 and 2010, what would you change in your cultural practices, now or later?
Nothing 0
1 Planting alternative grapevine varieties/uprooting unsuitable varieties
Buying new blocks 2
Producing another style of wine 3
Changing activity
Other 5
4
C.
Other important elements to your activity
C1. Have you recently (in the last few years) changed anything in the way you manage your vineyards? If yes, please explain.
Change regarding:
Planting 1
Technological innovation
Uprooting
4
2 Conventional to organic/biodynamic 3
Buying blocks 5 Other 6
C2. Do you plan to change anything in the way you manage your vineyards? If yes, please explain.
Planting 1
Technological innovation
Uprooting
4
2 Conventional to organic/biodynamic 3
Buying blocks 5 Other 6
C3. Are the following elements threatening you activity? Please rate each from 1 (no) to 5 (major threat), and comment:
Drought 1
Heat waves 2
Unpredictability of climate 3
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Excess of rainfall
Decreasing yields
4
5
AOC and IGP regulations
Low price of grapes 7
Low price of wine
Competition
Other 10
8
9
6