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APPLICATION OF A SOLAR PROTECTOR FOR THE VINEYARD AS A MEASURE OF ADAPTATION TO Climate change

THIS PROJECT WAS BORN FROM THE COLLABORATION WITH THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN OENOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITAT POLITÉCNICA DE VALÈNCIA AND BODEGAS ENGUERA
Adapting to climate change in a Mediterranean vineyard is not an easy task. We began to perceive how episodes of extreme drought and high temperatures negatively affected the quality of the wine. We wanted to confirm this trend with the help of the Polytechnic University of Valencia and carry out some microvinifications in the University’s winery in order to obtain more precise data. This project thus began to adapt the vineyard to climate change through the use of a
Sunscreen for the vineyard

In 2018 we carried out the first trial on a plot of the Marselán variety located in Enguera, in which kaolin was used. Kaolin a whitish clay that, diluted in water, created a layer that reflected solar radiation and allowed the temperature on the surface of the vineyard’s soil to be reduced. This way, it was possible to improve the physiological state of the vineyard and obtain higher quality grapes. The results of this trial were published in the TFM (Master’s Thesis) of the Master’s Degree in Oenology at the UPV carried out by Juan Martínez Barberá. This work was presented at the Valencian Congress of Organic Agriculture that was held in Gandía (Valencia) in October 2019.

In 2020, this test was repeated considering the improvement points of the previous work on a Monastrell vineyard located in Fontanars dels Alforins (Valencia), where the conditions of extreme drought, high temperatures and lack of irrigation could accentuate the effect of kaolin. This essay made for the TFG (End-of-Degree Project) of the Degree in Agro-Food and Rural Environment Engineering of Aroa Zamora Sahuquillo, directed by Inmaculada Álvarez Cano (UPV) and Juan Martínez Barberá (Bodegas Enguera).

COLLABORATION WITH THE SUPERIOR COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CSIC), THE BARONÍA OF TURÍS COOPERATIVE AND THE FEDERATION OF COOPERATIVES FECOAV
In 2020 we began a collaboration with CSIC, the Baronía of Turís cooperative winery and the FECOAV association, which allows us to undertake a much more ambitious approach and obtain relevant results on the effect of kaolin on the physiology of the vineyard, as well as on the production and harvest quality. As a result of this collaboration, the Cooperation Project “Adaptation of Mediterranean viticulture to climate change through the use of a sunscreen for the vineyard” was born, financed with funds from the Rural Development Plan of the Valencian Community 2014-2020.
ADAPTATION OF MEDITERRANEAN VITICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE USE OF A SOLAR PROTECTOR FOR THE VINEYARD
CSIC, Baronía de Turís Coop, FECOAV and Bodegas Enguera
Cooperation projects related to innovative and sustainable experiences between producers and research centers.
2020-2021
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