The Regional Committe of Veneto (Giunta Veneta) will help to promote local grape varieties
The Veneto is positioned at the top for exports in the wine industry, both in quantity and in value, could not fail to encourage further initiatives and promote the success of the wine of the region.
The Regional Committe of Veneto has approved the draft of an interesting project "Characterization wine production Typical activities to support quality viticulture by valuing the viticultural techniques and grape varieties in orographic areas difficult."
The picture of the Veneto region in viticulture The wine sector in the Veneto region produces less than 14 DOCG, 28 DOC and 10 IGT, reaching over 8 million hectoliters per year, contributing 10 percent to the regional agricultural gross marketable output (approximately 500 million euro, since 2011. Incidence the PLV Venetian wine on national exceed 15 percent, although the area planted regional only 10 percent of the Italian
The Veneto region is also the first Italian wine in the export sector, in quantity and value, which in 2011 exceeded 1,331 million euro.
The initiative was proposed by the 'Veneto agriculture commissioner who explained: "After the results obtained with the zoning improvements we want to undertake new initiatives, integrating with the previous program, allow to further characterize the production of value. In this regard, Veneto has a wealth of minor varieties, or otherwise linked to the territory, for the most part indigenous or ancient cultivation, representing a supply potential of affecting all types, including sparkling wines of the Veneto is a region where leader.
The project actions in favor of autochthonous -Continued activity enhancement heritage varieties for the production of DOC wines;
-Activities aimed at spreading the vegetative material suitable for the production of quality;
-Evolution of the concept of winter pruning
-Influence on product quality and health of the vineyard;
-Checking the organoleptic characteristics of resistant varieties in comparison of quality products;
-Activities aimed at the analysis of the problems of cultivation of certain native varieties in sensitive environments from the point of view of anthropological geomorphological and behavior in environments orographic particularly difficult (case study Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG).
It will be the Company Veneto Agriculture to manage and implement the project with the collaboration of the Research Centre for Viticulture Cra-Vit and the Regional Association vine growers and consortia.
Have been invested over 130 thousand euro in favor of Veneto Agriculture following the signing of a specific agreement.
Source: Ansa
Photo: Primavera del Prosecco
