Azienda Agricola San Felice, Castelnuovo Berardenga

Vineyard & water: sustainable design

Friday 15th March 2024

Facilitator: Clementina Palese (professional journalist)

Water is a resource to be conserved, to avoid water stress on the vines, and to be removed, to avoid excesses, stagnation and erosion. Good vineyard ‘design’ and use of storage systems meet these needs as part of an efficient use of water to improve production.

Programme

09.45 – 10.00 Conference Registration & Info Desk

10.00 – 10.15 Welcome
Leonardo Bellaccini (Production Manager Agricola San Felice)
Marco Simonit (CEO and Co-founder Simonit&Sirch)

10.15 – 10.35
Brief Introduction to the Conference, Professor Attilio Scienza (Viticulture and Oenology University Milan)

10.35 – 11.00
Regenerative viticulture: focus on water, Carlo De Biasi (General Manager Agricola San Felice)

11.00 – 11.20
The central role of soil in mitigating the effects of climate change,Professor Isabelle Kuntzmann (Toulouse University)

11.20 – 11.40
Slope viticulture: microinvasi to improve resilience to extreme weather conditions, Professor Paolo Tarolli (Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry University Padua)

11.40 – 12.00
Vine and water: physiology of a delicate relationship (in relation to the efficiency of water use: soil-soil-air continuum), Professor Alain Deloire – (Viticulture University Montpellier)

12.00 – 12.20
Volatile aromatic compounds of grapevine: communication and protection, Prof. Fabio Mencarelli – (Oenology and Innovationn University Pisa)

12.00 – 13.00
Vine&Vineyard: tailor-made design for the territory , Marco Simonit (CEO and Co-Founder Simonit&Sirch)
Climate change, water stress and thermal excesses, analysis of limiting factors; shifting viticulture northwards and to higher altitudes; adaptation to the characteristics of the growing area; choice of rootstock, plant management to strengthen its resilience (increase in live wood and therefore reserves to reduce inputs); choice of planting densities and architecture; practical examples of plant reactivity in different environments.

13.00 – 13.30 Closing Remarks

13.30 – 15.00 Lunch (included)

15.00 – 17.00 Round table discussion with wine producers

Facilitator: Jamie Goode

Anna Jorgensen (Owner and Winemaker at Cortes de Cima – Alentejo – Portugal)
Sara Perez (Owner and Winemaker at Mas Martinet – Priorat – Spain)
Lorenza Scianna (Winemaker at Tasca d’Almerita – Sicily – Italy)
Carlo De Biasi (General Manager Agricola San Felice – Chianti Classico – Tuscany – Italy)
Rodrigo Soto (Quintessa’s Estate Director- Napa California)

17.00 – 17.30 Closing Remarks
17.30 – 18.30 Wine Tasting of 3 wines from different soils “Agricola San Felice” – Chianti Classico