The winegrowing zone of Pella spans a wide altitudinal range, from 30 metres up to 400 metres above sea level.
Most of the vineyards in the region are situated on slopes.
The climate of the region is characterised as continental with Mediterranean influences.
The vineyard soils display average organic matter content and a moderately alkaline pH.
The soils of the zone have a relatively high calcium carbonate content.
Human factors
The church of the Virgin Mary in Giannitsa was built using wine instead of water around 1860, during the years of Ottoman rule, because the Turkish governor of the town withheld the water supply during its construction.
Euripides' Bacchae was written and first performed in Pella, a city with a long winegrowing tradition that was known as the vine-rich and the mother of wine.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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