Climate Change Leadership 2019 Vineyard Sustainability

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Climate Change Leadership 2019

Vineyard Sustainability

Research and Innovation at Viña Concha y Toro

Valentina Lira, Sebastián Vargas, Álvaro González and Gerard Casaubon.6th March 2019, Porto - Portugal

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1. Viña Concha y Toro and its Sustainability Strategy.

2. CRI Strategic Plan and Programs 2016 - 20

3. Vineyard sustainability research and innovation at CRI.

i. Digital platform for prediction of future Chilean climate scenarios.

ii. Production of high-quality plant material at nursery level.

iii. Adaptation of viticultural practices to warmer and drier conditions.

iv. Vineyard irrigation water use efficiency.

Outline

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HIGHLY RECOGNIZED WINE

BRAND

LEADING CHILEAN EXPORTER

• 28.2 % BY VALUE

• 33.3% BY VOLUME

LEADING GLOBAL WINE COMPANY

• SALES ~ US$ 1 BILLION

• MARKET CAP. ~ US$ 1.6 BILLION

• 34,8 MILLION 9L CASES

Viña Concha y Toro at a Glance

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Global Wine Company

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Own Vineyards – 3 New World Origins

2Valleys

14Vineyards

462Hectares

U SA

3Valleys

9Vineyards

1,140Hectares

ARGENT I NA

10Valleys

55Vineyards

9,717Hectares

CH I L E

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RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY

CARBON FOOTPRINTMeasured since 2007

WATER FOOTPRINTMeasured since 2010

RENEWABLE ENERGIES

NATIVE FOREST

• Light bottles, 99% of total portfolio.

• 30% reduction of the Carbon Footprint since 2012.

• 100% drip irrigation system in own vineyards.

• Water Footprint 40% lower than the average of the global

industry.

65% clean energy supply moving towards the

certification of the Energy Footprint aiming to reach

100% in 2020.

15% of suppliers respond to a program of good social and

environmental practices.

Conservation of 3,372 certified and protected hectares, 100%

with biodiversity inventories.

2020 Sustainability Strategy aligned

with the United Nations SDGs.SUSTAINABILITY STATEGY

DOW JONES

SUSTAINABILITY INDEX

Top 10 Beverages category

Viña Concha y Toro

OUR

JOURNEY

Vision of Sustainability

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• Inaugurated at the end of 2014

• Initial investment (infrastructure)

of US$ 5 milllion

•Annual research budget of

US$ 2,5 milllion

MISSION

Promote technology development, applied research and knowledge transfer in order to

make the national wine industry more competitive.

Strategic Alliances

R&D STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-20

VISION

Positioning VCT within a five years period as a leader in R&D in the global wine industry.

PORTFOLIO

5 Strategic programs+70 Projects

PEOPLE

26 (6 PhD, 4 MSc, 1 MBA)Scientific consulting boardResident, MSc and PhD interns

Center for Research and Innovation

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Experimental Winery

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Chemical And Molecular Biology Lab

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Extension Center

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STRENGTHENING OF PLANT MATERIAL

(PE1)

WATER RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SP2)

CIRCULAR VITICULTURE

(New Program)

QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF

GRAPES/WINES (SP3)

SMART WINE INDUSTRY

(SP4)

NEW PRODUCT DESIGN

(SP5)

Quality,

Productivity &

Sustainability

Strategic Programs (updated)

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Source: Consorcio I+D Vinos de Chile. Gentileza Sr. Patricio Parra.

Francisco Mesa PhD

Centro UC Cambio

Global

Research Team &

Involved Parties

Álvaro González PhD

R&D Manager - CRI

Edmundo Bordeu PhD

FAIF - UC

Climate Change Digital Platform

Wines Of Chile R&d Consortium

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Research Team &

Involved Parties

Francisco Mesa PhD

Centro UC Cambio

Global


R&D Manager - CRI

Edmundo Bordeu PhD

FAIF - UC

Climate Change Digital Platform

Wines Of Chile R&D Consortium

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Fernando Santibáñez PhD

Universidad de Chile

Research Team &

Involved Parties

Gerard Casaubon MSc

Director CRI

Viticulture Intelligence and Analytics System

Bioclimate Grapevine Indexs Report

Casablanca Station

February.

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• Clonal selections allows having vineyards with

more defined and uniform characteristics

• Comparative evaluation of productive parameters

and wine quality

• Cabernet Sauvignon / 5 seasons / 3 clonal - 1

massal plant selections / Cauquenes – Chile

• Depending on environmental factors: different

clonal selections can have different productive and

quality based characteristics

• Strategic long-term decision: new clonal vineyard

plantations

Source: Vargas et al. 2016 XISGPB Verona-Italy; Penot et al. 2017 GIESCO Mendoza-Argentina.

Research Team &

Involved Parties

Edmundo Bordeu PhD

FAIF - UC

Sebastian Vargas MSc

Researcher - CRI

Dietrich Von Baer PhD

U. Concepción


R&D Manager - CRI

Plant Material For The Vineyard Of The Future

Clonal Selections

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• GTD and viral diseases have become a high

impact problem for the wine industry

• Abiotic stress and climate change is one of the

factors behind these problems

• Establishment of clean plant material is critical

• CRI Molecular Biology Platform for the detection

of plant pathogens such as bacteria, fungi and

viruses :

Comparative analyses of RNA and DNA

Quantitative RT-PCR assays

A simultaneous “multiplex” detection approach

• Plant reinforcement: Trichoderma and mycorrhiza

• We establish a plant propagation quality control

and traceability system

Virus Available at CII

Virus GLRaV-1 ELISA, RT-PCR/qPCR




Virus GLRaV-7 RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GFLV ELISA, RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GFKV ELISA, RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GVA ELISA, RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GVB RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GVD RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GVE RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GSyV-1 RT-PCR/qPCR

Virus GRBaV qPCR

Hongos Available at CRI

Diplodia seriata PCR/qPCR

Phaeomoniella chlamydospora PCR/qPCR

Phaeoacremonium spp. PCR/qPCR

Eutypa lata PCR/qPCR

Inocutis spp. PCR/qPCR

Bacteria Available at CRI

Agrobacterium vitis PCR/qPCR

Beneficial microorganism Available at CRI

Trichoderma spp. qPCR / Tinción

Hongos micorrizicos qPCR / Tinción

Felipe Gainza PhD

Researcher - CRI

Olivier Zeckri

Innovation & Process

Manager - Mercier

Source: Gainza-Cortés et al. 2018. 19ICVG Santiago, Chile.

Plant Material For The Vineyard Of The Future

Cleaning and StrengtheningResearch Team &

Involved Parties

Mauricio Lolas PhD

U. Talca

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• The advantages of grapes exposition to sunlight are

well known

• Global warming: increased UV radiation and

sunburn problems

• Climate change adaptation: improve grape

exposition avoiding negative effects

• Experiments: Cabernet Sauvignon / 4 seasons

• Defoliation: higher radiation and cluster

temperature inside the canopy

• Sunblock: decrease of exposed cluster temperature

(-2°C), positive effect on wine quality

• Wine sensory quality and color were improved by

low-to-medium-intensity defoliation

Code Treatment Moment * Sunblock

C0 Control - NO

C1Tunel-Bunch

closure

Beginning of

bunch closure (E-

L 32)

NO

C2 East-Veraison (E-L 35) Veraison NO

C3

East & West-

Veraison-

Sunblock

(E-L 35) Veraison YES

C4East & West-

23°Brix(E-L 38) 23°Brix NO

C5East & West-

Veraison(E-L 35) Veraison NO

Source: Vargas et al. 2017 Acta Hortic. 1188. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1188.13

Vineyard Practices For The Adaptation To Climate ChangeLeaf Removal Strategies And Cluster Radiation Protection

Research Team &

Involved Parties

Edmundo Bordeu PhD

FAIF - UC


Researcher - CRI


R&D Manager - CRI

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Integrated Irrigation Sistem Based on Micrometeorology and Satelite Images to Determinate Irrigation Needs

How Much And

When To Irrigate?

Two techniques to approach the

question: Surface Renewal &

METRIC.

KC specific for our conditions. Free

metereology data for ETO.

When to irrigate, soil measurements

calibrated with plant response.

Samuel Ortega PhD

CITRA - UTALCA


Researcher - CRI


R&D Manager - CRI

New Technologies for Irrigation Scheduling

Research Team &

Involved Parties

2020

Controled Water

Stress Experiment

• Promising results to achieve the goal

of managing a more precise

irrigation Schedule, by

micrometeorology, saving wáter and

energy.

• Improved wine quality asociated

with correct irrigation supply.

Increased

Quality

500 Cubic Meters Per Hectare Of Water SavedJust with lourdes ranch, enough water for 10.000 people´s yearly water use

Research Team &

Involved Parties

Samuel Ortega PhD

CITRA - UTALCA


Researcher - CRI


R&D Manager - CRI

New Technologies for Irrigation Scheduling

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1. We should promote public-private-academy alliance for precompetitive and associative research to

achieve long term goals in the fight against climate change .

2. The vineyard of the future should come from clonal, clean and reinforced plant material based on

molecular biology quality control and traceability platform.

3. Optimum leaf removal strategies and cluster radiation protection are useful practices for vineyard

adaptation to rising temperatures and climate change

4. Advanced micrometeorology and satellite imagery methods to determine when and how much to

irrigate for water and energy use efficiency.

5. As R&D center, we should collaborate with Chilean biodiversity conservation projects and cork

industry R&D efforts because they represent a clear opportunity to mitigate climate change and

particularly to increase CO2 capture.

Conclusions and Take Aways

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Climate Change Leadership 2019 Vineyard Sustainability