The 20th GiESCO International Meeting is held in Mendoza (Argentina), November 5-10, 2017.
In recent years, the wine industry has become increasingly interested in the influence of the terroir characteristics on the features of a wine and in particular, the mechanisms by which a soil influences wine quality.
Grape anthocyanin content and composition exhibit a distinctive profile among red varieties, determining wine color intensity, hue and stability.
Irrigation management is a critical aspect in grapevine cultivation to regularize grape production and grape quality in areas of clear rainfall limitation, especially with climate change.
The selection of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from a wine-producing area is necessary to the formulation of native malolactic starter cultures, well adapted to local winemaking practices, and able of enhancing the regional wine typicality.
VitiCanopy is a free application (App) for smartphones and tablet PCs that can be used as a simple and free alternative to traditional methods to measure canopy architecture parameters.
Planting intercropped trees with grapevines is a practice that have recently been developed in French vineyards in order to bring beneficial effects to the parcel and its environment.
The concentration of gluconic acid can be used as an indicator of ripeness and sanity of grapes.
In order to consider the potential interest of precision viticulture in the specific conditions of Uruguay, an experiment was performed in two plots of 1.8 hectares in a commercial vineyard planted with Tannat (Vitis vinifera L.) variety and trained to Vertical Shoot Positioning (VSP) trellis system.
The soil apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) is a widely used tool in the study of the geospatial variations of chemical and physical properties of the soil.
Bush fires are becoming more frequent, severe and extensive due to changing climate and intentional fires.