Sde Boker Winery

de Boker is located in the south of Israel in the Har HaNegev (Negev Heights) region of the Negev Desert. The elevation is 490 meters (1,5560 feet) above sea level.
Annual rainfall ranges between 85-100 mm (3.4-3.9 inches).
The climate is mild with a summer maximum of 32 to 34 degrees C (89.2 to 93.2 degrees F.) with humidity around 30 percent during the day with nighttime temperatures dropping to 16-19 degrees C (60.8- 66.2) and humidity raising to 90 percent.
The summer temperatures are kept comfortable during the day by a prevailing wind from the Northwest. This wind also keeps the vines relatively clear of some of the more prevalent grape diseases.
In the winter nighttime temperatures can drop below freezing, and while snow is not common it is also not unheard of.
It is the climate with its drastic differences between daytime and nighttime temperatures along with the sunlight both direct and reflected from the light Loess soil that help provide the special flavor of grapes grown here.