Climate resilience and adaptive value chains in the wine sector: from terroir to transformation
Climate change is profoundly transforming wine supply chains, affecting grape yields, wine quality, resource availability, and consequently the economic stability of all actors operating within the sector.
Mitigating climate change impacts in the wine supply chain through integrated energy and water efficiency assessment
The wine industry is increasingly exposed to the combined effects of climate change, resource scarcity, and rising consumer expectations regarding environmental responsibility.
Methodological considerations on local temperature zoning: how many sensors and what interpolation method could be used? A case study in Bourgogne (France)
Due to the development of connected and moderately cheap temperature sensors, climate zoning within vineyards is now more accessible to both the research community and the wine industry.
On-the-go hyperspectral imaging for monitoring grape maturity in Tempranillo: supporting adaptive harvest decisions under climate variability
Climate change is disrupting grapevine phenology and threatening terroir-driven wine typicity, challenging the definition of optimal harvest timing.
Model-assisted analysis of climate change and terroir effects on grape quality in China
Climate is known as an essential factor for grapevine phenology, yield and quality, and climate change may challenge or open new opportunities of the sustainability of wine grape production.
Fine scale climate shifts for present and future Uruguayan viticulture
Climate change (CC) strongly affects grapevine development and wine typicity, driving shifts in the geographical distribution of viticulture.
Seven years of spatial crowdsourcing in viticulture: lessons learned from the monitoring of vine water status with the Apex-vigne project
Regional-scale vineyard monitoring is crucial for addressing climate change adaptation, notably water stress. While crowdsourcing offers a promising solution for collecting data at this large spatial scale,
Real-Time detection of Plasmopara viticola sporangia using automated air-flow cytometry
Fungal diseases such as downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola) can severely impact grapevine yield and quality, making timely-wise fungicide applications essential.
From tradition to regeneration: sustainability Practices in Douro terroir wines
This paper analyses how terroir-driven wine producers in Portugal’s Douro Valley address current and emerging sustainability challenges while preserving cultural authenticity and the unique identity of their wines.
Winemakers of Normandie (France): in search of a territorial cohesion
Even if there are historic evidence of the cultivation of the vine in Normandy (France) before the XXth, the winegrowing area had completely disappeared.
Is delimitation of parcels within AOP areas a way to adapt to climate change?
The French Appellation of Origin system (AOC/AOP) is based on the delimitation of zones in which grapes and subsequent wines meet production criteria (pedo-climatic conditions of production, varieties, growing and wine-making practices) expressing the links with the terroir of origin.
Bridging terroir and sustainability: insights from Brazilian wine Denomination of Origin
Sustainability is a challenge faced across all sectors of society, considering resource use, impact mitigation, and increasing pressures from climate change.
Comparative assessment of water footprint methodologies across global viticultural systems: towards standardization
Context and objective: The increase in drought across most of the world’s current wine-growing regions due to climate change is raising the issue of sustainable water management.
Tree-induced water stress drives root system reorientation in grapevines
Agroforestry in vineyards has been proposed as a strategy to buffer climatic stress, potentially moderating microclimate and enhancing water availability for the vines.
Grapevine hydraulic response to drought is soil texture-specific
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is the world’s third most valuable horticultural crop. Today, climate change significantly threatens grape productivity, notably due to more frequent and extended drought periods.
How long is long enough? Robust ranking of commercial grapevine rootstocks and insights for pre-commercial selections from multi-year data
In viticulture, the evaluation of scion varieties and rootstocks relies on multi-site field trials that must be maintained and monitored for several years once the vineyards become productive.
A meta-analysis of grapevine rootstock rankings based on pruning weight, yield and Ravaz index for climate change adaptation in viticulture
Climate change is driving the wine industry to re-evaluate the appropriate use of rootstocks. The French network of vine rootstock experiments, established by research and technical institutes,
Carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) variability across vineyards and grapevine components
Stable isotopes of carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) provide valuable integrative indicators of grapevine water status (Gaudillère et al., 2002; van Leeuwen et al., 2023) and nitrogen metabolism (Santesteban et al., 2015, (Santesteban et al., 2024).
Carbon flux and its biotic and abiotic drivers in a Burgundy vineyard
Global warming profoundly affects terrestrial ecosystems, through e.g., increased severity and duration of heatwave–drought compound events.
From doom to bloom: unravelling soil – vine nutrient pathways across land-use legacies in BC vineyards
Reducing synthetic fertilizer inputs without compromising yield remains a central challenge for viticulture under climatic and economic pressures.