The 23rd GiESCO conference is held by Hochschule Geisenheim University in Geisenheim (Germany), July 27-31, 2025.
DOI of the book :
10.58233/giesco2025
The choice of grapevine rootstock remains a critical decision in vineyard establishment, as it is heavily influenced by a complex interplay of factors, including agronomic needs, productivity desires, soil type, climate variability, vine resilience, and adaptability to specific environmental conditions and enological goals.
Climate change is driving global temperatures up together with a reduction of rainfall, posing a risk to grape yields, wine quality, and threatening the historical viticulture areas of Europe.
Considering that the transfer of research results to the professional level is one of the keys to progress, GiESCO proposes to publish a technical guide supported by scientific references and in the form of standard sheets.
Based on the results of experiments since 2000 at the Institut Agro Montpellier and at INRAE - Pech Rouge, and on the international experience acquired during scientific missions, a global reflection on the opportunities offered by climate change is proposed.
The regulation of weeds, particularly in the under-vine area of grapevines, is essential for the maintenance of grape yield and quality.
Global challenges, including adaptation to climate change, decrease of the environmental impacts and maintenance of the economical sustainability shape the future of viticulture.
Implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in viticulture and enology is a rapidly growing field of research with an essential number of potential practical applications.
Climate can greatly affect grape yield and quality (van Leeuwen et al., 2024). Growing suitable cultivars in a given region and or breed environmental resilient cultivars are essential for maintaining viticulture sustainability, particularly in the face of climate change (Wolkovich et al., 2018).
As an industry that thrives more on, but may also be more affected by, vintage variation and regionality than any other agricultural enterprise, grape and wine production is ever more being impacted challenged by climate change.
As six on the nine planetary boundaries have already been crossed, putting our safe life on Earth at risk (Rockström et al., 2024) and agriculture is significantly responsible for it (Campbell et al., 2017), viticulture, faces the challenge of reducing its environmental impacts through fundamental changes to its practices.