I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the beverage business.

I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, Lots of what happens in the vineyards and in the winery is a direct result of the particular soils

in the vineyards or the level of sunlight the area receives. But sometimes, in a few regions,

vineyard management techniques are dictated by strange weather phenomena.

Some of the most unique weather phenomena that impact our industry are seasonal winds that

batter particular regions.

The most famous of these winds is the howling, the relentless, and the forceful mestrel.

The mestrel happens when low and high pressure areas up north meet and

they suck a blast of cold air from the north into the Rhone Valley. This wind

races through the Rhoades

accelerating on its way to ravage Provenson Langudoc.

It's regular to feel winds up to 50 miles per hour,

and the effects of a strong mistral

can be felt as far away as

myorka, Sardinia, and the winds can even reach across the

Mediterranean to the coast of Africa.

The Mistral doesn't just rip across the land close to the Earth like some seasonal winds.

It extends almost two miles north into the atmosphere,

creating a wall of wind that's practically impossible to imagine.

This forceful gale molds and changes the shapes of trees in its path. Terra Amata is an archaeological site that dates at least 230,000 BC and might be closer to 400,000 years old.

Here, we find some of the earliest evidence of man-made human dwellings,

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