Property characteristics A1. Where are your vineyard blocks mainly

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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

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