The Innovation Catalogue is a showcase of ideas to fit the needs of the viticulturists in their day-to-day life. In this article, tools are proposed to answer the following question “How to face extreme weather event consequences in the vineyard”?
SOLUTIONS FOR GRAPE GROWING
Regarding viticulture, the WICA’s catalogue is proposing solutions linked to the following challenges:
- Face extreme weather event consequences in the vineyard
- Reduce the use of chemical products in the vineyard
- Face the lack of personnel
“How to face extreme weather event consequences in the vineyard?”
Vineyard managers can choose among the following solutions such as a decision support system that allows soil and plant water content monitoring, mixes of mycorrhizas to enhance plant drought resistance, ultrasounds to manage the heat-related low organic nitrogen content, high alcohol content and ripening imbalances, a complex of enzymes to improve soil microflora, organic matter and soil water retention and a mobile application designed to diagnose and overcome environmental challenges with concrete solutions.
The 5 solutions are proposed synthetically on pages 7 and 8. To explore each solution in more detail, just click on the purple pen symbol
WICA’S INNOVATION CATALOGUE
The Innovation Catalogue is a showcase of brilliant ideas from the “The Wine Industry of Tomorrow” crowd-writing contest organized by The Wine Innovation Collaboration Alliance – WICA, which included 9 different scenarios, under 3 main themes: Grape-growing, Winemaking, and Management & Marketing.
Supplier companies in the wine sector were called to complete these challenging scenarios, integrating their innovative solutions. In total, 45 companies participated, resulting in 85 stories.
- Discover solutions that are shaking things up in the wine world;
- See who’s behind these ideas, bringing their expertise to the table;
- Find out about trends that’ll shape the future of the wine industry.
WICA MISSION AND GOALS
The WICA by EPAWI team is looking forward to supporting your international actions and collaborations!
The Wine Innovation Collaboration Alliance – WICA is the network created by the EPAWI project. WICA is an association which aims to promote and improve the collaborative innovation and internationalization of the wine production value chain in order to foster its sustainable development and competitiveness.
Bringing together all the initiatives that provide not only practical solutions but also an improvement in efficiency, connectivity and sustainability, WICA proposes expertise of the wine market, including knowledge and contacts, support in developing collaborative projects with wine industry stakeholders, and international development for innovators.
WICA BY EPAWI IN NUMBERS:
- + 50 EU SMEs supported throughout the project
- 12 events with over 1300 participants from wine industries worldwide
- + 45 solutions for challenges of the wine sector presented in an Innovation Catalogue
- 4 Consortium Partners from PT, ES, FR and IT, ready to welcome more…
- +130,000 stakeholders worldwide accessing our communications
The project EPAWI is funded by the European Union’s COSME Programme. GRANT AGREEMENT NUMBER 101035914 — EPAWI — COS-CLUSINT-2020-3-01
