An overview of the recent approaches to terroir functional modelling, footprinting and zoning

E Vaudour, E Costantini, GV Jones, S Mocali - Soil, 2015 - soil.copernicus.org
Notions of terroir and their conceptualization through agro-environmental sciences have
become popular in many parts of world. Originally developed for wine, terroir now …

A climatic classification of the world's wine regions

G Puga, K Anderson, G Jones, FD Tchatoka… - 2022 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Using a dataset with 16 climate variables for locations representing 813 wine regions that
cover 99% of the world's winegrape area, we employ principal component analysis (PCA) …

[HTML][HTML] A new integrated methodology for characterizing and assessing suitable areas for viticulture: A case study in Northwest Spain

S del Río, R Álvarez-Esteban… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2018, Spain was the third largest producer and the leading exporter of wine in the world.
Viticulture is an important economic activity in the Castilla y León region, and is an element …

Agro-ecological terroir units in the North West Iberian Peninsula wine regions

AS Cardoso, J Alonso, AS Rodrigues… - Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Viticultural zoning studies that support the definition of terroir units general follow two main
approaches of geographic differentiation related either to: a) land capability or vineyard …

A multivariate approach for the study of environmental drivers of wine economic structure

EAC Costantini, R Lorenzetti, G Malorgio - Land Use Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Vitivinicultural⿿ terroir⿿ is a concept referring to an area in which the collective knowledge
of the interactions between environment and vitivinicultural practices develops, providing …

Biodiversity study of wine yeasts belonging to the “terroir” of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo “Colline Teramane” revealed Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains exhibiting …

R Tofalo, G Perpetuini, G Fasoli, M Schirone… - Food …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Montepulciano d'Abruzzo “Colline Teramane” premium wine DOCG is
produced in the Teramo province (Abruzzo, Italy). This region has a great tradition in …

Multivariate clustering of viticultural terroirs in the Douro winemaking region

H Fraga, R Costa, JA Santos - Ciência e Técnica vitivinícola, 2017 - ctv-jve-journal.org
The Douro Demarcated Region (DDR) is one of the most important winemaking regions in
Portugal. Viticulture is historically and culturally tied to the DDR, having a strong impact on …

Mapping the impact of recent climate change on viticultural potential in Romania

CV Patriche, LM Irimia - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2022 - Springer
Climate change affects the viticulture sector worldwide in different ways, some countries
reporting negative impacts, other positive effects, depending on the type of climate in which …

Spanish vineyard classification according to bioclimatic indexes

F Honorio, A García‐Martín, FJ Moral… - Australian journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Spain has more than one million hectares of vineyards,
being the first country in the world, and the third in production of wine. Local zoning studies …

A GIS-based multivariate clustering for characterization and ecoregion mapping from a viticultural perspective

FJ Moral, FJ Rebollo Castillo, LL Paniagua Simón… - 2016 - dehesa.unex.es
In wine-growing regions, zoning studies define areas according to their potential to produce
specific wines and also identify the key drivers behind their variability and optimize vineyard …