Ponte de Lima is located in the heart of the Vinho Verde Region.

Demarcated in 1908, this region is divided into nine sub-regions: Monção/ Melgaço, Lima, Cávado, Ave, Basto, Sousa, Amarante, Baião and Paiva. It covers much of the old province of Entre-Douro-e-Minho, limited by rivers that gave it its name.

The climate is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean winds, which reach all the valleys of the rivers that run east-west of the territory. The region has moderate temperatures and temperature ranges, low insolation and high rainfall.

From a  "geological point of view, the region of the Vinho Verde is based on granitic formations, except for two narrow tracks, a Silurian track and a schist one that cross a NW-SE direction."

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