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18 Nov 2019
The “SOUTH AFRICAN & ITALIAN WINE RESEARCH INNOVATIONS: CURRENT STATUS & FUTURE PROSPECTS”
The “SOUTH AFRICAN & ITALIAN WINE RESEARCH INNOVATIONS: CURRENT STATUS & FUTURE PROSPECTS...
09 Nov 2019
WINE SUSTAINABILITY OUTLOOKS
Sustainability is now the driver for the wine market, for communication and for viticultural and oen...
24 Oct 2019
SUSTAINABILITY - THE NEW FRONTIER FOR THE WINE SECTOR
The focus of the conference will be organized in 3 points: VIVA standard worldwide communication, ...
16 Apr 2018
The annual meeting of the International Federation of Wines and Spirits (FIVS) will be held in Brussels
The annual meeting of the International Federation of Wines and Spirits (FIVS) will be held in Bruss...

Resource Center

30 Jan 2017
WOS - WINE OBSERVATORY SUSTAINABILITY Building the stakeholder platform to foster sustainability in the wine sector

THE PROJECT
The Wine Observatory Sustainability (WOS) is an international no-profit platform aiming to foster sustainability in the wine sector, collecting and coordinating existing experience

19 Apr 2016
Global Wine Producers Environmental Sustainability Principles
Developed by FIVS, the Global Wine Producers Environmental Sustainability Principles (GWPESP) provide a framework to promote a coordinated, efficient and results-driven approach for the international
18 Apr 2016
Wine Sustainability. Past, Present, Future. Sensory characterization of wines as an integral dimension of sustainability
In the 2015 edition of the SIMEI congress it was decided to focus on the matter of sustainability from two different but complementary points of view: the socio-economic and environmental sustainabili
01 Oct 2014
First Report on Sustainable Winegrowing - towards EXPO Milano 2015
The First Report on Sustainable Winegrowing is the result of a complex journey that has involved 37 experts on the topic of sustainable wine from the technical and scientific community, united by this

Opera Research Center

Short description:

OPERA is a young, growing independent research centre and think tank of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore providing simple pragmatic solutions to support EU and national decision making. We bridge science and policy through a transparent platform to debate the right approaches for sustainable, intensive agriculture. Opera developed the following program to increase sustainability in viticulture: SOStain Save Our Souls Program and V.I.V.A. Sustainable Wine

Address:
Via E. Parmense 84, 29100 Piacenza, Italy

Contact information:
info@operaresearch.eu

Kind of Authority:
Research Center

Link to official website:
http://operaresearch.eu/en/home/

Tools developed:
E-learning course on Sustainability in the Italian wine sector
SOStain
V.I.V.A. Sustainability and Culture