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Biochar as a climate mitigation tool? Climate Talk
LISTEN PANEL This Climate Talk was hosted by Mimi Casteel from Hope Well Wine with Claudia Kammann from Hochschule Geisenheim University, Hans-Peter Schmidt from Ithaka Institute and Antoine Lespès from Domaine LAFAGE as guest speakers. MIMI’S INTRODUCTION TO THE TALK In the ever-expanding ocean of sustainability technologies, you have undoubtedly heard the term biochar. Once relegated...
Porto Protocol – Plano Multiregional de Sustentabilidade
You can read our MULTIREGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN and watch the documentary, in the links bellow: Both are in Portuguese. English version will be available soon.
Porto Protocol – Climate in a Bottle
INTRODUCTION It is the bottle, the very first layer in direct contact with the product and the one consumers interact with, that gets all the attention. But as we look at wine (packaging) from an environmental standpoint, and in the amidst of a climate crisis,...
Alpha Omega – Water Conservation and Reclamation
Company Summary: Alpha Omega, a family-owned, boutique winery in the Rutherford appellation, in the heart of Napa Valley, began its journey in 2006 to be recognized as one of the great wine estates of the world. Founded by Robin and Michelle Baggett, Alpha Omega utilizes...
Boutèy – Crushing climate change not wine bottles.
Company Summary: Boutèy is a newly established bottle strategy being implemented in the British Columbia wine sector. Boutèy is on a mission to reduce the amount of virgin wine bottles being made. We curate glass wine bottles and prepare them for reuse in the wine...
OÉ for Good – National Deposit-Return Scheme for wine
Company Summary: Oé is the committed french wine brand. We do right by doing good. We are always looking for new ways to go further in our commitments towards the environment and our biodiversity. We shall always find new ways to be better. We are...
Textura Wines – A shared effort for resource recovery
Company Summary: Textura Wines Lda, a family-based wine project, located in Dão Region – Serra da Estrela, started its business in 2018 covered by sustainable developments strategies due to the background experiences of the owners: Patricia is a university professor of socio-environmental management and Marcelo...
Positive Luxury – The future of sustainable sourcing
Luxury’s Guide To Collaboration, Innovation And Best Practice It’s time to embrace suppliers as partners – not simply sources – and vice versa. By doing so, brands can attain full-scope production oversight that mitigates reputational risk, ensure end-to-end sustainability across the value chain and access...
Packamama – Wine Packaging Protecting Mother Earth – Eco-flat Wine Bottles
Company Summary: Packamama is the newly established climate tech packaging business, spun off to encompass the packaging elements from sustainable wine packaging start-up Garçon Wines, offering packaging protecting Mother Earth. Believing in the far-reaching opportunity that packaging brings to be a force for good, Packamama...
Cantina Goccia – Good Wine in Alternative Packaging
Executive Summary: Cantina Goccia was the first winery in the world to produce wine in the paper Frugal Bottle, launching 3Q, a Sangiovese blend, in June 2020. CG goal is to produce 80% of its wines in the paper bottle and will achieve this goal...
Sustainable Wine Solutions – Bottle Return Scheme
Executive Summary: Development of an extensive zero waste wine range from sustainably minded producers in sustainable glass bottle format: the return bottle. Each bottle can be returned to our bottling hub via collection from trade customers, sterilised, relabeled and reused. We estimate each bottle can...
D.O.Q. Priorat – ECrowd Invest Isolated Solar Energy For PERINET WINERY
Company Summary: Perinet is a spectacular estate vineyard in the Priorat DOQ, located approximately at 90 min. drive from Barcelona. Perinet Winery is an entirely unique asset in the Priorat, in part due to the original developer’s approach which made the efforts in carrying out...
Amorim – Using Amorim Cork Stoppers To Lower The Wineries’ Environmental Footprint
Executive Summary: Over the past two years, EY has developed several studies for Amorim to assess the company’s environmental, social and economic impacts. As part of the Group’s sustainability strategy, these studies also made it possible to calculate the environmental footprints of its main products,...
Tablas Creek – Water Retention In The Soil
Executive Summary: Wine grapes are grown mostly in Mediterranean climates where water availability is threatened by climate change. At our vineyard in Paso Robles, we have made a successful transition from irrigated to unirrigated plantings over the last two decades, and implemented several changes to...
RHST Industries – Groundwater conservation for maximizing water efficiency
Executive Summary: RHST Industries has a patented nature-based biomimicry solution called WATER PEARLS, a simple drop-in and walk away solution, to improve water efficiency in agriculture by suppressing water vapour emissions, suppressing weed growth, improving water footprint, ground insulation, plant health and yield. SDG (Sustainable...
Positive Luxury – 2022 Predictions Report
In 2022 we are facing – in some cases – the last real chance to make the changes we so desperately need in order to preserve the planet for future generations. This year’s Positive Luxury Predictions Report engages with all of this and more,...
Sustainable Wine Tourism – What Is It? How Can We Achieve It? The Views And Best Practice Of Caro Feely (Chateau Feely)
Caro Feely is the co-founder of our member Chateau Feely, an organic biodynamic estate in Saussignac, South West France. Chateau Feely won the Gold Trophy for the category education and valorisation of the environment in the national wine tourism awards in 2019 and a Best...
Denomination – The Fit Between The Packaging And The Wine
Executive Summary: Cowpunk is a new natural wine brand developed to be as sustainable as possible. Using organic fruit and no preservatives, dairy or animal products, these wines are both sustainably grown and made. In line with this, the packaging design is also eco-friendly with...
Detail In Climate Data Takes Sogrape To a Higher Level Of Sustainability- The Views Of António Graça (Sogrape)
Technological adoption in wine production is a major lever boosting the sustainability of vineyard activities. Galileo is quoted as having said “wine is sunlight, held together in water”. In this poetic sentence we see a fundamental influence of climate over quality and value of wine....
ICSURO & Codorniu- Wastewater Treatment With Recycled Cork Stoppers As Absorbent Material In Wetlands (Ecorkwaste)
COMPANY SUMMARY Codorniu Codorníu is Spain’s longest-standing producer of wine and cava. It is a symbol of continuity, innovation and loyalty to its origins. Celebration has been Codorníu’s vocation from the outset and its optimistic spirit of living every moment of life to the full...
Rathfinny Estate – Full Biological Treatment of Winery Waste Water as a Means of Reducing Energy and Carbon Emissions
Company Summary Rathfinny is a family-owned Wine Estate producing some of the world’s finest vintage sparkling wines from a perfect single-site vineyard in Sussex, England. We are committed to producing exceptional wines and experiences, enjoyed the world over, that reveal the character of our family...
Henry of Pelham – Wetland Restoration & Bio-filters and Woodland Preservation
Company Summary Henry of Pelham is an estate winery, owned and operated by the Speck family since 1982 (6th generation on the land). We are strong believers in the importance of sustainability from soil to shelf. Henry of Pelham is proud to be one of...
Medlock Ames – Enhancing Beneficial Insect Habitat With Flowering Cover Crops
Company Summary: Medlock Ames is a values-driven company dedicated to preserving our land and treating all with respect while maintaining the highest standards. We are an organic vineyard and winery committed to farming in harmony with nature and crafting wines that represent our beautiful surroundings....
Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs – Climate Change Risk Assessment 2021
The Climate change risk assessment 2021 report summarizes the climate risks and impacts associated with the current global emissions trajectory and existing NDCs. The descriptions of these risks focus on the next 20–30 years, to highlight the urgent need for emissions reduction actions to avert...
The Views of Bob Dickinson Argos Analytics – Designing More Resilient Vineyards – Adapting to Less Water
Adapting to Less Water The current severe drought in California, on the heels of a record breaking drought in 2011-2017, serves as a reminder that in addition to driving temperatures higher, climate change is disrupting historic precipitation patterns. There are two sides to the water...
Views of Zachary Lawless (Good Goods) – Reusable Commerce Needs the Wine Industry’s Help
The Four Models of Reusable Consumer Goods We are in the early stages of shifting from disposable consumer goods to reusables. The World Economic Forum projects that between 20-40% of single-use packaging will become part of the reusable economy by 2030. And despite the perceived...
Views of Anna Brittain (NAPA GREEN) – Maximizing Energy Efficiency, Saving Money, and Cutting Carbon Footprint
“With great power comes an even greater electricity bill.” Napa Green is a leading sustainable winegrowing certification in the U.S., and one of only four programs nationwide offering the opportunity for comprehensive sustainability certification in both the Winery and Vineyard. We have 85 Napa...
Casa Relvas – Waste Water Treatment Plant
Executive Summary Being in a dry region such as Alentejo, water management is one of the main concerns of Casa Relvas. After implementing measures that allowed us to reduce the amount of water used per bottle produced to 1.5L, we had the opportunity to develop...
The Fladgate Partnership – Vineyard Model in «Narrow Terrace 1.5m» Land Architecture (and Estimated Cost), Planting Density and Mechanization
ABSTRACT The 1.5 meters wide «narrow terrace» maintains all the good principles of the 2.3 meters wide «narrow terrace» which received the prestigious BES-Biodiversidade award in 2009. Compared to the wider 2.3 meters version, there are two gains from reducing the width to 1.5m: 1....
Chamisal Vineyards – Installation of Miyawaki Mini-Forest to Increase Biodiversity of Vineyard Farmland and Build a Carbon Sink
Company Summary: Chamisal made history in 1973 as the first winery in Edna Valley American Viticultural Area to plant grapevines. Our unique soil types and proximity to the ocean have focused our plantings on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Chamisal Vineyards has been SIP (Sustainability in...
MA Silva Independent Study Reveals Negative Carbon Footprint for MA Silva’s Cork Stoppers
The study, led by the independent consultant KPMG International, has concluded that MASILVA’s – Natural, Micro and Sparkling wine corks – have a negative carbon footprint. The Forest – where all environmental work happens. With 2.2M hectares, located in the Mediterranean Basin, the cork...
The British Ecological Society – Nature-Based Solutions For Climate Change In The UK
INTRODUCTION Nature-based solutions (NbS) address societal problems in ways that benefit both people and nature. The main focus of this report is the joint role of NbS for addressing the climate and biodiversity crises we currently face. Natural habitats act as NbS for climate if they sequester...
OIV Report – Sustainable Use Of Water In Winegrape Vineyards
A new OIV collective expertise document on relevant principles for the sustainable use of water in Winegrape vineyards’ production. A tool for reference and guidance for the sector available on open source.
Winery Automation Saving Energy, Water, and Increasing Sustainability – Views of Kelly Graves (VinWizard)
Automation for All Sizes Porto Protocol members may recall having been previously introduced to the merits of pulse cooling as identified in the February, 2021 newsletter article published by Treasury Wine Estates (Link). TWE has done a great job with their automation and energy...
Deep Planet – AI for Sustainable Precision Viticulture
COMPANY SUMMARY Deep Planet was founded in 2018 by researchers from the University of Oxford. Deep Planet’s innovative vineyard decision management platform combines satellite imagery with machine learning to boost productivity in vineyards with scalable precision agriculture tools for growers and agri-businesses. We aim to...
How Earth Observation Can Tackle Climate Change – The Views of Terroir From Space
The impact of Climate Change on viticulture is now widely acknowledged. From increased mean temperatures to more extreme weather events, Climate Change is having a negative impact on some of Europe’s most prestigious appellations (think of this year’s extreme frost phenomenon that hit France and...
World of Wine – Chillers With Heat Recovery and Ice Banks
Company Summary World of Wine (WoW) is a new cultural and tourist hub in Porto, consisting of six interactive museum experiences and nine restaurants, bars, and cafes created from the restoration of old port wine cellars. It also includes a wine school, several retail shops,...
Raimat – VISCA (Vineyard Integrated Smart Climate Application)
Company Summary: Raimat wine cellar is located in a region called Costers del Segre in the southwest slope of Raimat hills. This location confers special and differentiated characteristics: higher sunlight exposure in the afternoon, which allows the grapes to accumulate more degree days, achieving an...
Agriculture, Robots and Ecology – The views of José Rafael Silva (Agroinsider)
Agriculture, Robots and Ecology Modern societies face a challenge that I would label as difficult but at the same time inspiring as they will have to increase food production and simultaneously reduce impacts, namely in the: i) reduction of the diffusive pollution; ii) reduction of...
Towards Australian grape and wine industry carbon neutrality… the possible dream
By R. Smart, D. Bruer, C. Collins, A. Corsi, I. Jeffrey, C. Karantonis, L. Lockshin, R. Muhlack, D. Oemcke, B. Pike and E. Wilkes. An article published on Grapegrower & Winemaker – issue 680 https://winetitles.com.au/ INTRODUCTION The aim of this multi-author paper is to encourage the Australian...
Modulating a wine profile via an innovative use of vine-shoots
Published and technically reviewed by IVES – International Viticulture and Enology Society Modulating a wine profile via an innovative use of vine-shoots The chemical composition of vine-shoots is characterised by oenological compounds with high added value, which could contribute to the sensory profile of wines....
Designing more resilient Vineyards – The views of Bob Dickinson (Argos Analytics)
Adapting to Higher Temperatures The recent frosts in Europe are a reminder that some of the effects of climate change can be counter-intuitive, due to the complex way in which the Earth’s climate system responds to global warming. However, for many winegrowers, especially for those...
Dão Innovation Sessions – Vine & Wine Sustainability
Porto Protocol joins Dão Wine Board has organizing a conference about #sustainability in #wine, on the 21st of MAY, with a variety of topics and guests. For the english speaking panels we had the pleasure to count on: PANEL 1 – Sustainability Certifications Edwin Massey (New Zealand Wines) – download presentation...
Gramona – Increasing self-sufficiency in renewable energies
Executive Summary: To its biodynamic viticulture and geo-thermal installation, Gramona added a solar photovoltaic installation for electric self-consumption, which allows to generate electricity in a local and sustainable way for the consumption of the winery, thus reducing the consumption of electricity from the grid and...
Chateau Chizay: Traditions of Winemaking and Respect for Nature in Ukraine
Ukraine is historically a wine-producing country, which, however, only now is struggling to get on the wine map of the world. According to official statistics from the beginning of independence from the Soviet Union (1991), the vineyards reach 120,000 hectares, but due to certain circumstances...
Climate in a Bottle – Climate talk Highligths
(Continuous update) A little less than a year ago, we kicked-off our Climate Talks with this same topic. At the time we called it “The Elephant in the Room: sustainable packaging in wine” and we invited BA Glass, Garçon Wines and Crimson Wine Group. This time...
Reimagining Box Wine for the Sake of the Planet – an article by Melissa Saunders MW
Wine packaging contributes most heavily to the carbon footprint of wine and single-use glass, which accounts for 85% of wine packaging, generates the highest level of emissions relative to other wine packaging types. The packaging format with the lowest level of carbon emissions is bag-in-box,...
Domaine Dujac – Trapping Carbon Dioxide from Alcoholic Fermentation: Laying the Groundwork
By Diana Snowden Seysses This case study is divided into three parts: It will first set the background for carbon capture and detail how to prepare your winery for carbon capture. Then it will explain the state of carbon capture policy to date. Finally,...
A wine world beyond Glyphosate – Climate talk Highlights
(Continuous update) Watch our Climate talk: https://youtu.be/44tciKuzpx8 For futher information on the topic we gathered various reports, articles, solutions along other sources: FROM OUR GUESTS: Mimi Casteel: http://www.hopewellwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Glyphosate-White-Paper.pdf https://www.hopewellwine.com/glyphosate-chronic-use-and-chronic-toxicity-a-global-pandemic-and-matter-of-immediate-national-security/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYkgeoNDvh4 FROM OUR COMMUNITY: Other sources: Kwiatkowska, et al, DNA damage and methylation induced by glyphosate...
Spier – Storing carbon in the soil and Water conservation
Executive Summary: Spier, near Stellenbosch, is one of South Africa’s oldest wine farms with a recorded history dating back to 1692. The 621ha family-owned estate is holistically farmed to create a diversified, balanced ecosystem with minimal impact on the environment. A primary focus is the...
Carbon Emissions In Natural Winemaking – an article by MYSA
Natural wine is often touted for its environmental practices, creating less waste, and avoiding chemical use. These things are all true, and a big part of why I work exclusively with natural wines for our company. That said, there are certainly many areas that need...
Monchique – Sport 100% Recycled
ABSTRACT: Bottle made of 100% recycled PET (rPET). Both the shrinkwrap packaging and the labels are made of recycled plastic. SUSTAINABLE TARGET: Create a sustainable packaging that allows to reduce carbon footprint and practice circular economy. The use of recycled plastic is key to circular...
Monchique – Bag-In-Box Ecopack
ABSTRACT: BIB Ecopack Monchique is an innovative 10L family pack. Produced using 63% less PET when compared to the amount of PET needed to produce two 5L bottles, BIB Ecopack Monchique is 100% recyclable, more convenient and easy to carry. COMPANY SUMMARY: Sociedade da...
VINEAS – A Climate Solutions platform by MEDCLIV
VINEAS is a collaborative platform that brings actors and projects together and allows for knowledge and solutions sharing, created by MEDCLIV. It also provides methodological support for the vine & wine actors willing to search and share knowledge and initiatives around climate change challenges. https://www.vineas.net/en/1/home.html
Frugalpac – The paper bottle helping to decarbonise drinks packaging
ABSTRACT British sustainable packaging company Frugalpac set out to create a more sustainable form of wine and spirits packaging that would be easy to recycle but with a vastly reduced carbon footprint. Frugalpac devised The Frugal Bottle – the biggest innovation for wine and spirits...
Herdade dos Grous – Sustainability Strategy
SUMMARY Located in Baixo Alentejo, in hard edaphic and climatic conditions, Herdade dos Grous uses agricultural management practices that aim to integrate agriculture into the environment with an enormous respect for land and Nature. It has been developing a philosophy of sustainable production in all its...
Healthy soils under a regenerative approach – Climate Talk Highlights
On December 3rd, for our Climate Talk we invited some of our members to explore and debate the importance of how it can represent a solution to tackle the climate emergency in the wine industry. To host this Climate Talk we invited Cristina Calheiro (Ciimar...
Defining Natural Wine Through the Lens of Sustainability – an article by MYSA
Defining Natural Wine Through the Lens of Sustainability Natural wine is somewhat of a controversial term, mostly due by its lack of formal definition. In this article I will attempt to provide more specificity around the term natural wine and analyze it through the lens...
Pine Ridge Winery – Comparing Chlorine dioxide mister as an alternative to peroxyacetic acid as a sanitizer and water saving tool
Company Summary: Pine Ridge Winery and Crimson Wine Group (parent company) operate vineyards and wineries on the west coast of the Untied States. The company’s goals are to become carbon neutral, reduce utilities’ utilization and ensure that its land is farmed sustainably. Executive Summary: In...
3Sixty2 – Leading the climate change movement in New Zealand Wine
Executive Summary: New Zealand Winegrowers has committed to the goal of the New Zealand wine industry being net carbon zero before 2050. The pledge was in response to the New Zealand Government announcing the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill. The challenge for many...
Treasury Wines Estates – Pulse/Batch Refrigeration Cooling
ABSTRACT Pulse cooling provides a new method of controlling temperatures in wine tanks while driving electrical energy efficiency and thereby reducing our carbon footprint. COMPANY SUMMARY: Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world’s largest wine companies, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Everything...
Reborn – The smart cycle
COMPANY SUMMARY: Reborn® has 58 years of polyethylene experience and is a pioneer in the European plastics circular economy. We choose to call ourselves reborn® to symbolize our transformation to a company that takes responsible choices for shared society. Becoming reborn®, may be a long...
Lieselehof – Resistant viticulture with PIWI Grapes
Executive Summary “PIWI“ is a German abbreviation and stands for fungus resistant grape varieties. These were created by crossing European grape varieties and American fungus resistant varietals. The resilience towards the illnesses in vines comes from the fact that these varieties are Hybrids between American/Asian...
AgrosustentáveL – Pest and disease control by nutrition… A possibility or a utopia?
ABSTRACT We all know that climate change can affect production and each one of us should play an important role to reduce that impact. Therefore, we decided to decrease the use of pesticides, betting on nutrition to strengthen the resistance to pests and diseases and...
Laborial – Greenflow, High Efficiency Fume Hoods
ABSTRACT Laboratories are major energetic consumption areas, with a great and heavy set of requirements, legislation, standards and good practices to comply with. The company has since early developed solutions to reduce the ecological footprint. The Greenflow fume hood is a high efficiency equipment developed...
CIIMAR – Ocean Action
COMPANY SUMMARY CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research – is a leading research and advanced training institution of the University of Porto, working at the frontier of Ocean Knowledge and Innovation. CIIMAR fosters an integrated approach to Ocean and coastal areas promoting...
CIIMAR- Stop the plastic tide!
ACTION TITLE: STOP THE PLASTIC TIDE! COMPANY SUMMARY CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research – is a leading research and advanced training institution of the University of Porto, working at the frontier of Ocean Knowledge and Innovation. CIIMAR fosters an integrated...
The Impact of Green Roofs – An article by the National Green Roof Association
The Impact of Green Roofs Urban sprawl, the loss of natural habitats and the growth of pollution have given rise to some of the problems we face today, such as global warming, loss of biodiversity and environmental degradation. These problems reflect the way society has...
Soalheiro – How Sustainable Packaging can make Business Sense
COMPANY SUMMARY Quinta do Soalheiro has a Research Centre, the first in Portugal, to have an I&D and Innovation certification, that was responsible for the development of these projects. The company had previously obtained the environmental certification for all its activity and, since 2006, it...
Have the best Bordeaux wines been drunk already? A Reflection by Dr. Richard Smart
Abstract The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the meaning of terroir should be regarded as transient. This is because climate, one of the principal components of terroir, is changing with time, and can no longer be assumed to be constant with fluctuations...
Butterflies and Ecosystems – An Ecologists perspective of Terroir- The views of Nuno Oliveira (NBI)
Butterflies and Ecosystems – An Ecologists perspective of Terroir Frank J. Prial, the celebrated New York Times columnist, author of the famous ‘Wine Notes’ reportedly said that “We started drinking wine about six thousand years ago and writing about wine possibly a year or two...
OMDesign – Message in a bottle
PROJECT TITLE The Omdesign’s creative and sustainable commitment to the future COMPANY SUMMARY: Established in 1998, Omdesign is a design and advertising agency 100% Portuguese, multi-award winning by the quality and excellence of the solutions created throughout more than 22 years of achievements. Omdesign...
Lail Vineyards – A sense of Mission by Robin Lail
COMPANY: Lail Vineyards STORY FOR CHANGE: By ROBIN LAIL 25th november, 2020 My father was a Renaissance gentleman and a vintner. One of his most important messages to me as a child was the importance of giving back. I remember he said I was born with a...
Keith Tuclloch Wine – Achieving Carbon Neutrality
COMPANY SUMMARY: Keith Tulloch Wine is a small, family-owned and operated vineyard and winery in the Hunter Valley, Australia. The primary varieties grown are Semillon, Chardonnay and Shiraz, which are vinified and bottled separately to create a range of estate and single-vineyard wines. STARTING DATE:...
Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat
ABSTRACT International agreements aim to conserve 17% of Earth’s land area by 2020 but include no area-based conservation targets within the working landscapes that support human needs through farming, ranching, and forestry. Through a review of country-level legislation, we found that just 38% of countries have minimum area...
Assessing Ecosystem Services and Multifunctionality for Vineyard Systems
ABSTRACT Vineyards shape important economic, cultural, and ecological systems in many temperate biomes. Like other agricultural systems, they can be multifunctional landscapes that not only produce grapes, but also for example serve as wildlife habitat, sequester carbon, and are places of rich traditions. However, research...
Honig Vineyard & Winery – Natural Pest Management System
COMPANY SUMMARY: Honig Vineyard & Winery consistently creates high quality wines that offer unparalleled value. We accomplish this through constant innovation using a creative and fun approach to business. We are committed to our winery family and our community by operating in a socially, environmentally,...
Honig Vineyard & Winery – Solar Energy
COMPANY SUMMARY: Honig Vineyard & Winery consistently creates high quality wines that offer unparalleled value. We accomplish this through constant innovation using a creative and fun approach to business. We are committed to our winery family and our community by operating in a socially, environmentally,...
Packaging Attitudes unfreeze – The views of Richard Hallstead (Wine Intelligence)
In our quest to look for climate solutions within the wine value chain, packaging continuously pops up as the elephant in the room. To further evolve on this topic, we felt need of understanding the consumer perspective. We asked Richard Hallstead, COO at Wine Intelligence, to share...
Wine Packaging of the Future – The views of Nicolas Quillé (Crimson Wine Group)
Porto Protocol asked Nicolas Quillé, the Chief Winemaking and Operations Officer at Crimson Wine Group (USA): HOW DO YOU VIEW THE WINE PACKAGING OF THE FUTURE? Earlier this year, NASA has confirmed that their global warming prediction models have been mostly accurate and that sadly our...
Wine: The Food of the Future – The views of Fernando Buscema (Catena Zapata)
Wine: The Food of the Future Viticulture is part of our nature and our culture. For thousands of years we have cultivated the vine to produce grapes for different uses; one of them is to obtain wines. Wines that provide a sense of a place,...
The Vineyards at Dodon – Healthy soils to sequester carbon in vineyards
COMPANY SUMMARY: The Vineyards at Dodon is a family-owned vineyard and winery producing Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon-driven wines on the western shore uplands of the Chesapeake Bay. Dodon relies largely on ecological methods to manage its 6.4-hectare vineyard. Mycorrhizal fungal populations are...
João Portugal Ramos – Business & Biodiversity
COMPANY SUMMARY: Born into a family with a long history of wine production, João Portugal Ramos has chosen Estremoz to make his own wines, after a long career as consultant winemaker in the main wine-growing regions of Portugal. The winery was built in 1997, producing...
Catena Zapata – Life Below the Surface: The Rhizosphere in Adrianna Vineyardate
COMPANY SUMMARY Founded in 1902, Argentina’s Catena Zapata is known for its pioneering role in resurrecting the Malbec grape and in discovering extreme high-altitude terroirs in the Andean foothills of Mendoza. In 1995, Dr. Laura Catena founded the Catena Institute of Wine (CIW) with the...
Delatite Wines – Wild Yeast Fermentation
ABSTRACT: To pursue and implement a regime of wild ferments through out the winery at Delatite COMPANY SUMMARY: Delatite is best known for its aromatic whites that have won many trophies and medals over the years, as well as receiving many great reviews. Robert and...
Alves de Sousa – New Old Vineyards
COMPANY SUMMARY: The Alves de Sousa family is making wines in the Douro Valley for 5 Generations. The old and ever-present wish to find the best embodiment of a Douro vineyard lead Alves de Sousa to work only with indigenous grapes from the family’s vineyards....
AVIPE – EMBRACE European Med-clusters Boosting Remunerative Agro-Wine Circular Economy
Company Summary: AVIPE’s core business is on grapevine consultancy. It supports about 4000Ha from 250 farmers, Peninsula de Setubal – Portugal, and its mains activities are related to integrated pest management, irrigation, fertilizations, training vineyards and investment project implementation. AVIPE was founded in 1984 but...
Herdade de Coelheiros – Achieving resilience through balance and biodiversity
COMPANY: Coelheiros is divided into cork forest, vineyards, walnut orchards, pine trees, olive trees, meadows and a herd of a thousand sheep. We know that the harmony between these systems positively impacts the culture of the vineyard, allowing it to self-regulate, with less and less...
The future of your vineyard in a warming climate – The views of Bob Dickinson (Argos Analytics)
Analytics for Anticipating Climate Impacts When I founded Argos Analytics in 2011, people I spoke to, including some in the wine industry, frequently dismissed climate change as a serious threat to their businesses. Happily, that’s much less common today as the result of visible changes...
Silverado Farming Company- Powdery Mildew Spore Traps
COMPANY SUMMARY Silverado Farming Company is a full-service vineyard management company farming vineyards for wineries and growers in Napa and Sonoma Counties ABSTRACT: To prevent powdery mildew, fungicides are typically applied on a 7-21 day interval using a predictive model based on temperature alone. In...
Water and Climate Change – The views of Professor Vitor Vasconcelos (CIIMAR)
Life started in the water, more precisely in the ancient Ocean, more than 3.5 billion years ago, and life on earth is still nowadays completely dependent on water. Humans are more water than anything else, averaging 60-70% of it, so we are also water creatures,...
Quinta do Portal – Reuse of carbon dioxide from fermentation
COMPANY: QUINTA DO PORTAL – Portugal ABSTRACT: During the winemaking process we have the need to use CO2, mainly in the pre and post fermentative phases. When we sometimes have a wine in need of protection, we have another wine next to it that spills...
The Family Coppola – Coppola Beekeeping Program
COMPANY: The Family Coppola – USA The Family Coppola continually seeks innovative ways to bring environmentally responsible practices into the vineyards, winemaking techniques and property to improve efficiency, minimize impacts and create a nurturing habitat for wildlife, staff and visiting guests. ABSTRACT: Bees are a...
Crimson Wine Group – Reduction in glass bottle weight
COMPANY: Crimson Wine Group – USA Crimson Wine Group owns six wineries and associated estate vineyards on the West coast of the United States and sells wines at an average retail price point of $25 per bottle. Our wineries are located in Napa Valley, Sonoma...
Fonseca Port – A 30-year path towards Sustainability by David Fonseca Guimaraens
COMPANY: Fonseca Port (The Fladgate Partnership) 25th April, 2020 My interest in the Port Trade started at an early age with adventurous trips to the Douro Valley with my father, Bruce Guimaraens, in the 1970s and the mischievous sipping of Port at the visitor centers in the...
Croft Port – Water savings through reduction of the hoses diameter
INTRODUCTION At the beginning of the last decade, Roeda’s winemaking centre had high water consumption levels considering its vinification capacity. As a big large winemaking facility, Roeda’s centre has a vinification capacity of 5.000 to 6000 pipes of Port Wine, both of its own grapes...
Soalheiro – Nature-based winery roofs
COMPANY NAME: Quinta de Soalheiro (Vinusoalleirus, Lda) ABSTRACT: Included in our global sustainability strategy, this new project from Soalheiro has, as usual, an environmental focus. The new winery buildings were projected within the sustainable principles that guide our way. They were built with a north...
MA Silva -®Dyvanox System: Saving Water, Energy and Waste in cork stoppers prodution
COMPANY SUMMARY The MASILVA group was incorporated in 1972 by Manuel Alves da Silva, its current Executive President, as a company dedicated to the manufacture of natural cork stoppers. This is a family-run group with a strong financial dynamic and in-depth knowledge of the cork...
Green Gen Technologies – A biobased and recyclable bottle
The first biobased and recyclable bottle. developed from flax fibers and plant-based resins, is the result of several years of R&D, by James de Roany and Séverine Laurent Innovative character This technology makes it possible to obtain containers: Without glass Bio-based Strong resistance and lightness 100%...
Trigger Systems – The first autonomous predictive irrigation system
Control your irrigation system easily, save resources and increase yield. Our system: Increases irrigation system efficiency by using processed data originally collected in the farm , mathematical modelling , satellite imagery and video monitoring. Our irrigation recommendation is sended directly to our versatile and advanced...
Accept Climate Change, or fight it? – The views of Dr. Richard Smart (Smart Viticulture)
Even in the first few months of 2019 the global news coverage of climate change seems to have dramatically increased. Perhaps this was an effect of the global school childrens’ strike, and/or the Extinction Rebellion protest in London. There has also been more climate change...
CIIMAR – Nature-based solutions for water management and ecosystem services promotion
ABSTRACT Sustainable urban water management urges for the use and treatment of water in an efficient and circular way. The use of nature-based solutions with the later purpose fosters the understanding of the structures and processes of ecosystems and societies. It is thus important to...
XLRecycling – Recovery Solution for your Plastic Films
The innovation explained to Porto Protocol Team – see the video XL recycling offers a high value-added recovery solution for your plastic films: implementation of balers, attractive valorization and recycling...
Krown.Bio – Products made of mycelium and agricultural waste
The innovation explained to the Porto Protocol Team – see the video Mycelium is the network of mushroom roots. This Mycelium acts as a natural glue that can bind a biomass together....
Green infrastructures towards resilient cities – The views of Cristina Calheiros (CIIMAR)
According to the United Nations, 68% of the world population is projected to live in urban areas by 2050. Understanding the key trends of urbanization is crucial to proceed with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 11 –...
Saurea – Solar Motor
SAUREA’s motor is a total disruptive technology, rewarded by 6 innovation awards and covered by 5 patents. We propose the first self-switched solar motor, running WITH the sun, producing no electricity BUT converting directly solar energy into mechanical energy, that allows to drive different rotating...
Circular Economy As A Way Of Increasing Efficiency In Organizations – The views of Pedro Fernandes (APCER)
Circular Economy (CE) is an economic concept whose fundamental principle is to keep resources withdrawn and coming from the environment in the economic circuit, therefore extending their life cycle and avoiding their return in the form of waste. This paradigm promotes and allows processes in...
The Fladgate Partnership – Treatment of Phytosanitary Effluents in the Douro Vineyard
In 2011, we started the treatment of phytosanitary effluents produced on the farms owned by The Fladgate Partnership and chose for this purpose the Heliosec method proposed by Syngenta. At that time, we were pioneers in Portugal in using this treatment for this type of...
Lanchester Wine – Renewable energy and heat generation
COMPANY: LANCHESTER WINES – UK Lanchester Wines is one of the UK’s leading supplier of quality wines and spirits to the trade, successfully operating and innovating across every element of UK wine import and export. There are many ways to approach a sustainability or carbon...
Willamette Valley Vineyards – Greywater System
COMPANY SUMMARY: Founded in 1983 by Oregon native Jim Bernau with the dream of creating world-class Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley Vineyards has grown from a bold idea into one of the region’s leading wineries, earning the title “One of America’s Great Pinot Noir Producers” from Wine...
Amado & Almeida Santos – Small gestures, big consequences
Since its foundation, Amado & Almeida Santos has been concerned with the environment. Being a law firm, it did not seem that there were many behaviours that could be adopted with the goal to contribute to a better environment. However, every day we try to...
Living Planit – Healthy Buildings
In our vision for the future, greater understanding of indoor environments will result in buildings that support a more productive, healthier population at lower cost and with reduced impacts on our natural environment. This reality can be achieved by harnessing current and future information about...
Living Planit – Real-time Water Quality monitoring in the Douro River
Water is one of the most important elements for the existence of life. The importance of water for the sustainability of our planet has resulted in it becoming a core focus in many countries, mainly with the goal of finding solutions to improve access to...
Epona – Striving for Sustainability
COMPANY SUMMARY: Epona Wine is a vineyard and winery striving to demonstrate the latest developments in sustainability, including energy and resource conservation, organic practices and locally-sourced, modern-variety grapes. SUSTAINABLE TARGET: Evaluate, and implement and measure the benefits of a solar power system for the Epona...
Samsys – Solar Panels
Electricity is a basic need for our work at Samsys, but we are conscious of the impact of excessive energy consumption on the environment. Indeed, energy is the main contributor to the production of greenhouse gases, followed by devastating deforestation. Conscious of this impact, we...
The Family Coppola – Energy and Cost Savings in Upgrading Wastewater Treatment Technology
These projects are notorious examples of promoting the principles of a circular economy by Corticeira Amorim, while reflecting its strong social impact. Since the beginning of the projects, more than 550 million cork stoppers have been collected for recycling and donated more than 1.5 M€ for social causes and reforestation.
Environmental Waves – Wastewater Treatment with a Nature-based solution
The Waves Floating System can be applied in the retrofit of conventional Constructed Wetlands, avoiding the costs associated with the removal, transport and deposition of the contaminated substrate. In a retrofit the Waves Floating System also manages to improve the treatment parameters, increasing the life time of Constructed Wetland and definitively eliminate the clogging problem.
Environmental Waves – Algae Bloom Elimination in Fervença River
Environmental Waves offers ultrasonic solutions, an environmentally friendly technology that achieves up to 90% reduction in existing algae bloom and inhibits the growth of new ones.
Monchique Waters – Reducing our environmental footprint
The manufacturing and logistics facilities are located in Caldas de Monchique, Algarve, Portugal, in a protected area of more than 50 hectares, where the preservation of aquifers is the critical factor to drive sustainable management of the environment.
BAGLASS – Energy efficiency improvements and CO2 emissions reduction
As a result of the continuous improvement of natural gas consumption efficiency and the consistent utilization of cullet in the melting process, BA has been able to continuously reduce the CO2 emissions in its production process, saving over 85 000 ton of CO2 emissions in the last 5 years, the equivalent to the yearly emissions of over 20 000 cars.
Turismo de Portugal – Tree Planting activity in Castanheira de Pera
This initiative aimed to contribute to the reforestation of this area which was severely affected by wildfires.
Jordão – Zero Plastic Cups
The main objectives of the initiative were clear: • Reduce/eliminate plastic waste • Reduce costs with disposable items • Strengthen the commitment of the company and its employees to environmental sustainability.
Universidade Católica Portuguesa – The 100.000 trees project
To date, 174 hectares have been planted and 106,019 native trees have been installed. 49 areas in the Porto Metropolitan Area, with tourism and leisure purpose, were valorised. Thousands of citizens participate (16,776 volunteer participations that resulted in 54,340 volunteer hours). The planted trees (when adults) will remove 9,877 tonnes of Carbon per year, as well as 55 tonnes of air pollutants (CO, O3, NO2, SO2, PM2.5), while helping to prevent rainwater drainage, optimizing rainwater management in urban areas and soil water in rural contexts. The economic value of these three ecological services offered by the trees already planted is € 2.15 million.
Symington – Grape Variety Library
Significant preliminary findings gleaned through the 2017 and 2018 seasons, have shown the relevance of this study, specifically in helping to determine in the future, which grape varieties are best suited to specific sites in the context of a changing scenario imposed by climate change.
Toyota – Hybrid vehicles
Hybrid vehicles are becoming increasingly important as a growing global trend, year after year. With the launch of Prius, the world’s first mass-produced hybrid passenger car, Toyota consolidated its position in the supply of electric vehicles. In 2017, the sale of 1.52 million vehicles and a cumulative volume of 11.47 million Toyota hybrids sold represents a reduction of more than 90 million tons of CO2 (when compared to the sale of equivalent conventional vehicles).
Office Total – Reforestation project- 2017
That project has a very long return on investment since we do not assume the fruit profitability and taking account the current carbon price of 13€/ton.
Bial – Reduction of volatile organic compounds and waste
The relevance of this substitution has been evident and with this action Bial achieved a reduction of 9.4 tons / year in the emission of volatile organic compounds, eliminating the inherent hazards of handling flammable and toxic substances.
Turismo de Portugal – Zero Paper
These projects are notorious examples of promoting the principles of a circular economy by Corticeira Amorim, while reflecting its strong social impact. Since the beginning of the projects, more than 550 million cork stoppers have been collected for recycling and donated more than 1.5 M€ for social causes and reforestation.
Turismo de Portugal – Eco-Schools Programme
These projects are notorious examples of promoting the principles of a circular economy by Corticeira Amorim, while reflecting its strong social impact. Since the beginning of the projects, more than 550 million cork stoppers have been collected for recycling and donated more than 1.5 M€ for social causes and reforestation.
Camara Munincipal do Porto – Municipal Fleet Renewal
The use of a mostly electric fleet will also enable an estimated reduction in CO2 emissions in the order of 2,350 tons within the term of the four years contract, which shows the commitment of the Municipality to combat climate change, drastically reducing the contribution of the sector transport to global warming.
Dona Berta – Box Standardization
These projects are notorious examples of promoting the principles of a circular economy by Corticeira Amorim, while reflecting its strong social impact. Since the beginning of the projects, more than 550 million cork stoppers have been collected for recycling and donated more than 1.5 M€ for social causes and reforestation.
Taylor’s – Reduction Measures Of Water Consumption
The experience and the good results achieved at Adega de Vargellas enabled the replication of the measures in another Cellars, namely at Adega da Roêda, Panascal and Nogueira during the 2014-2018 term.
