
Improving Sustainable Viticulture and Winemaking Practices
- 1st Edition - March 19, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: J. Miguel Costa, Sofia Catarino, Jose M.Escalona, Piergiorgio Comuzzo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 5 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 6 7 - 1
*Winner of an Honorable Mention at the 2023 OIV Awards*Improving Sustainable Practices in Viticulture and Enology provides an up-to-date view on the major issues concerning the su… Read more

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Improving Sustainable Practices in Viticulture and Enology provides an up-to-date view on the major issues concerning the sustainability of the wine supply chain. The book describes problems and solutions on the use of inputs (e.g., water, energy) and emphasizes the roles and limitations of implementing circularity in the sector. It identifies some of the most relevant metrics while pinpointing the most critical issues concerning the environmental impacts of wine’s supply chain (vineyards, wineries, trading). This award-winning reference will help the industry producers excel while improving current environmental practices.
Professionals in industry, academics, environmentalists and anyone interested in gaining knowledge in sustainable solutions and practices in viticulture and wine production will find this resource indispensable.
- Suggests and discusses solutions to overcome challenges imposed by adverse climate conditions
- Presents innovative technologies that have an impact on the efficiency of resources and recycling
- Includes technological tools for more precise monitoring and management in the wine supply chain
Enologists, researchers, professors and academicians. Those interested in gaining knowledge in sustainable solutions/practices in viticulture and wine production (academy, industry, policy-officers related to the viticulture/wine and environmental sectors, professional associations)
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Acknowledgment to the external reviewers
- About the cover
- Chapter 1. Achieving a more sustainable wine supply chain—Environmental and socioeconomic issues of the industry
- 1.1. Sustainability concept and issues
- 1.2. The state of the wine industry—short overview
- 1.3. Sustainability issues in wine industry
- 1.4. Legislation, standards, and certification of the wine sector–focus on the EU
- 1.5. Future prospects
- Chapter 2. Exploiting genetic diversity to improve environmental sustainability of Mediterranean vineyards
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Origin of cultivated grapevine and actual grapevine diversity
- 2.3. Intercultivar variability in the physiological response to water stress
- 2.4. Intracultivar variability in the physiological response to changing environments
- 2.5. Rootstocks selection for better performance under semiarid conditions
- 2.6. Progress in genomics tools and new breeding technologies
- 2.7. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 3. Optimizing conservation and evaluation of intravarietal grapevine diversity
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Grapevine methodology for conservation, evaluation, and selection within a variety
- 3.3. Advances in the methods for evaluation of genetic intravarietal grapevine diversity
- 3.4. Practical applications in Portugal
- 3.5. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 4. Phenotyping for drought tolerance in grapevine populations: the challenge of heterogeneous field conditions
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Phenotyping large populations in the field: the challenge of soil heterogeneity
- 4.3. Detection of genetic variability for water-use efficiency in field conditions: a case study
- 4.4. Main outcomes
- 4.5. Conclusions
- Chapter 5. Soil management in sustainable viticultural systems: an agroecological evaluation
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Sustainable management systems and their properties toward the avoidance of soil threats and the provision of soil ES
- 5.3. Implications for future soil management of vineyards
- Chapter 6. Vineyard water balance and use
- 6.1. The water balance concept: from the single leaf to the whole vineyard
- 6.2. Grapevine water status assessment: from soil to atmosphere
- 6.3. Vineyard water needs: crop coefficients in relation to vegetative development (LAI) and reproductive cycle. Crop stress coefficients
- 6.4. Water-saving strategies and irrigation scheduling
- 6.5. Use of nonconventional water for irrigation: wastewater and saline water. Effects on vine performance and grape composition
- 6.6. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 7. Modern approaches to precision and digital viticulture
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Remote sensing for vineyard management
- 7.3. Artificial intelligence and remote sensing
- 7.4. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Novel technologies and Decision Support Systems to optimize pesticide use in vineyards
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Disease management
- 8.3. Pest management
- 8.4. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 9. Processed kaolin particles film, an environment friendly and climate change mitigation strategy tool for Mediterranean vineyards
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Climate change effects
- 9.3. Kaolin case: short-term adaptation strategy
- 9.4. Kaolin impacts: pros and cons
- 9.5. Concluding remarks and prospects
- Chapter 10. Wine quality production and sustainability
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Existing systems and initiatives at winery level
- 10.3. Principal aspects to consider for a sustainable wine production
- 10.4. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 11. Water management toward regenerative wineries
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Environmental impacts
- 11.3. Regenerative wineries
- 11.4. Case studies
- 11.5. Conclusions
- Chapter 12. Energy use and management in the winery
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Energy audit in wineries
- 12.3. Energy consumption in the winery
- 12.4. Methodologies for reduction of energy demand
- 12.5. Renewable energy utilization
- 12.6. Energy consumption and optimization in wineries: some case studies
- 12.7. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 13. Microbiological control of wine production: new tools for new challenges
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. New tools
- 13.3. New challenges
- 13.4. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 14. Sustainable use of wood in wine spirit production
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. The aged wine spirit and its production process
- 14.3. The aging stage
- 14.4. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 15. Innovative processes for the extraction of bioactive compounds from winery wastes and by-products
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Extraction technologies for bioactive compounds
- 15.3. Innovative extraction methods
- 15.4. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 16. The role of pressure-driven membrane processes on the recovery of value-added compounds and valorization of lees and wastewaters in the wine industry
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Value-added compounds found in wastewaters and by-products generated in wine industries
- 16.3. General aspects about the recovery of value-added compounds from agro-industrial by-products and wastewaters
- 16.4. General aspects over pressure-driven membrane processes
- 16.5. PDMP in the recovery of polysaccharides and phenolic compounds
- 16.6. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 17. Sustainable approach to quality control of grape and wine
- 17.1. Introduction and principles of green chemistry
- 17.2. Green Analytical Chemistry
- 17.3. Greening of analytical procedures
- 17.4. Sustainable grape analysis and quality control
- 17.5. Sustainable wine analysis and quality control
- 17.6. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 18. Life cycle methods and experiences of environmental sustainability assessments in the wine sector
- 18.1. The wine supply chain: from land to table
- 18.2. Life cycle–based studies on the wine sector: a review
- 18.3. Environmental product declarations in the wine sector
- 18.4. Sustainability challenges in the wine sector from a life cycle perspective: circularity and methodological developments
- Chapter 19. Wine packaging and related sustainability issues
- 19.1. Introduction
- 19.2. Packaging systems used for wine
- 19.3. LCA and environmental assessments for different packaging systems
- 19.4. Consumer perceptions of sustainable packaging options for wine
- 19.5. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 20. Standards and indicators to assess sustainability: the relevance of metrics and inventories
- 20.1. Introduction
- 20.2. Sustainability assessment: major approaches and methodologies
- 20.3. Indicators and metrics applied to grapes and wine production
- 20.4. Sustainability assessment essay for winegrowing systems: a case study for the Douro's wine producing region
- 20.5. Future trends
- 20.6. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 21. The guardianship of Aotearoa, New Zealand's grape and wine industry
- 21.1. Introduction
- 21.2. NZ's Māori heritage
- 21.3. New Zealand Winegrowers
- 21.4. Corporate social responsibility
- 21.5. Biosecurity
- 21.6. Natural disaster management
- 21.7. Filling the gap
- 21.8. Regional winegrower associations
- 21.9. Conclusion
- Chapter 22. Sustainable viticulture and behavioral issues: insights from VINOVERT project
- 22.1. Introduction
- 22.2. VINOVERT—an innovative project
- 22.3. Consumers preferences for sustainable practices measured by experimental auctions
- 22.4. The behavioral hypothesis in viticulture validated by nudges
- 22.5. Concluding remarks: VINOVERT project insights
- Chapter 23. Interactive innovation is a key factor influencing the sustainability of value chains in the wine sector
- 23.1. Introduction
- 23.2. The Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Program: background and implementation
- 23.3. Assessing WASP's interactive innovation toward enhanced sustainability
- 23.4. Final reflections and conclusions
- Chapter 24. European wine policy framework—The path toward sustainability
- 24.1. Introduction
- 24.2. Environmental aspects of wine production
- 24.3. Technical solutions to the challenges
- 24.4. Wine production and climate change
- 24.5. Markets and consumers expectations
- 24.6. EU policy framework toward increased sustainability of the wine sector
- 24.7. Concluding remarks
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 19, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 536
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323851503
- eBook ISBN: 9780323851671
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J. Miguel Costa
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Sofia Catarino
JM
Jose M.Escalona
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