At the end of this first decade of the XXI century, Viticulture’s major concern must be its sustainability.

Remote sensing is one of the most powerful approaches for precision viticulture to enable quantitative assessment of vineyard spatial variability.

Airborne remote sensing applied to vineyards is an innovative tool to obtain valuable information for viticulturists and vineyard managers.

Little research has been made on the effects of nitrogen fertilization in the vineyard on the secondary metabolites in grapes and wine, especially in red wine.

A study of photosynthetic activity and carbohydrate content in the leaves, shoots, trunks and roots of Vitis vinifera L. (cv. Chasselas) was made with regard to the leaf-fruit ratio in grapevines

Grape quality of a grapevine in a given climate is extremely related to the relationship between leaf area (total and exposed) and crop level.

Water stress is one of the most limiting factors for grape production in most viticultural areas in Spain.

Experimental trials on Chasselas and Pinot noir vines were set up on the estate of the Agroscope Changins-Wadenswil Research Station at Pully, Vaud (Switzerland),

A field trial was established in a commercial Merlot vineyard in the Central Valley of California to study the effects of late season water deficit and crop load on vine water status and fruit composition during the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

: Future challenges for winegrape production are the consistent supply of quality product in a variable and changing environment; minimization of the impacts of limited water supply and drought; enhanced production efficiency and economic sustainability and a requirement to reduce wine alcohol content.

The implementation, since few years, of an experimental program (including 7 trial plots) concerning the modification of training systems in Beaujolais, took into account, besides classical controls (like yield, vigour, grape and wine quality), wood diseases sensibility.

The use of cover crops in a Mediterranean climate is widely disputed because of their competition for water.

Soil physical and chemical properties affect vine nutrition, as indicated by leaf and petiole nutrient content, in a way that may directly impact wine properties.

An experimental trial has been carried out along the period 2005-2007 in order to evaluate the influence of irrigation dose on physiology and leaf development,

Flavour plays a major role in both selection and enjoyment of wine, being perceived through taste and smell.

Sugar accumulation disorder (SAD) is a ripening disorder of grapes whose symptoms include shriveling of berries and low soluble solids prior to and at harvest.

Most yield estimation practices for commercial vineyards rely on hand-sampling fruit on one or a small number of dates during the growing season.