Assessing the environmental impact of Spanish vineyards in Utiel-Requena PDO: The influence of farm management and on-field emission modelling

Sinisterra-Solís, Nelson; Sanjuán, Neus; Estruch, V.; Clemente, G.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110325

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“…While many environmental and economic aspects of viticulture are the subject of active research, there is growing scientific interest in the relationship between carbon emissions and vineyard management [10][11][12]. Specifically, the widespread and perennial nature of vineyard ecosystems has led to rising interest from both the public sector and growers in reducing viticulture-related greenhouse gas emissions.…”

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Carbon Storage Distribution Characteristics of Vineyard Ecosystems in Hongsibu, Ningxia

Zhang

Xue

Gao

et al. 2021

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Given that the global winegrape planting area is 7.2×106 hm2, the potential for winegrape crop-mediated carbon capture and storage as an approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions warranted further research. Herein, we employed an allometric model of various winegrape organs to assess biomass distributions, and we evaluated the carbon storage distribution characteristics associated with vineyard ecosystems in the Hongsibu District of Ningxia. We found that the total carbon storage of the Vitis vinifera ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ vineyard ecosystem was 55.35 t·hm−2, of which 43.12 t·hm−2 came from the soil, while the remaining 12.23 t·hm−2 was attributable to various vine components including leaves (1.85 t·hm−2), fruit (2.16 t·hm−2), canes (1.83 t·hm−2), perennial branches (2.62 t·hm−2), and roots (3.78 t·hm−2). Together, these results suggested that vineyards can serve as an effective carbon sink, with the majority of carbon being sequestered at the soil surface. Within the grapevines themselves, most carbon was stored in perennial organs including perennial branches and roots. Allometric equations based on simple and practical biomass and biometric measurements offer a means whereby grape-growers and government entities responsible for ecological management can better understand carbon distribution patterns associated with vineyards.

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Carbon Storage Distribution Characteristics of Vineyard Ecosystems in Hongsibu, Ningxia

Zhang

Xue

Gao

et al. 2021

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“…Utiel-Requena's winemaking tradition dates back 2700 years [29]. The archaeological sites found in this DO support the production of wine and its uninterrupted commercialization from Iberian times to the present day [30]. There were humans who, in response to the surrounding natural factors described above, made viticulture take root as a way of life in Utiel-Requena.…”

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Wine Tourism, Designations of Origin and Business Performance: An Analysis Applied to the Valencian Community Wine Industry

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The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of wine routes and Designations of Origin (DOs) on the competitiveness of wineries belonging to the Valencian Community, given that, to the best of our knowledge, such relationships have not been analyzed in this wine region. To this end, information was obtained on the operating income, results for the year, equity, level of indebtedness and number of employees of the 90 wineries belonging to this wine-growing territory. Subsequently, a comparison of means was made, calculating Student’s t-test for independent samples with the SPSS software, based on whether the wineries belonged to the wine routes and DOs existing in the Valencian Community. The results show the wineries that are members of a wine route and/or a DO have, on average, a higher operating income, higher equity and a higher number of employees, and these differences are statistically significant. This research may be useful for general managers who are considering the development of wine tourism activities, as well as for those who are thinking of joining DOs, since, as was empirically demonstrated, these actions can improve the economic performance of their wineries and, as a consequence, their competitiveness.

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“…Published LCA studies on grape processed production have highlighted the importance of obtaining significant onsite data for the processes included in the system (Petti et al 2010;Sinisterra-Solís et al 2020), because the more realistic the data, the higher will be the quality of the study. Therefore, only primary data directly furnished by the farmers' companies were adopted to complete the LCI phase.…”

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Environmental sustainability assessment of organic vineyard practices from a life cycle perspective

Volanti

Martínez

Cespi

et al. 2021

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Due to increased awareness of the current and future issues with the environment, sustainable development has become a well-known concept and goal in the last decades. Based on this idea, organic agriculture is now fairly generalized in many farms and grape processing factories. Life cycle assessment (LCA) represents a valuable and standardized technique to evaluate how sustainable a crop can become, determining the potential impacts that the complete-life product causes on the environment and on the management/conservation of resources. Although LCA can be applied to any product, this work focusses on organic grapevine crops as the subject of study, in order to improve energy and water efficiency and minimizing issues such as the use of pesticides. This paper, collecting primary data from three Spanish grape processing factories, quantifies the reduction of the overall impact related to the avoidance of artificial irrigation, amounting to 10%, and the saving of resources (− 4.3 kg oil eq. per ha) due to the replacement of chemical fertilisers with animal manure. On the other hand, the use of manure has shown some controversy from an environmental point of view as it contributes to global warming, resulting in an increase in the total impact of the organic vineyard. As predictable, the application of conventional practices as well as the use of water for irrigation could both result in a higher overall yield, and in a contemporary growth of environmental impacts; a discussion about the quantification of this aspect is also inserted.

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Assessing the environmental impact of Spanish vineyards in Utiel-Requena PDO: The influence of farm management and on-field emission modelling

Cited by 17 publications

References 49 publications

Carbon Storage Distribution Characteristics of Vineyard Ecosystems in Hongsibu, Ningxia

Carbon Storage Distribution Characteristics of Vineyard Ecosystems in Hongsibu, Ningxia

Wine Tourism, Designations of Origin and Business Performance: An Analysis Applied to the Valencian Community Wine Industry

Environmental sustainability assessment of organic vineyard practices from a life cycle perspective

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