Promoting water stress from veraison to harvest

Implementation

Short term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Southern
Southern

Weather event addressed

Drought
Summer
Very high temperatures / Heat wave
Summer

Farming system

FRUITS & VINEYARDS
Vineyards

Description of the measure

Cutting irrigation during grape ripening for concentrating sugar and phenolic compounds

Comments on sustainability

Water stress during fruit ripening can help to improve grape organoleptic quality in some farms focused on quality wines, although effects can change from farm to farm