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Franciacorta, Castello Bonomi, March, 7th 2018
From test to the bottle.
Analysis of the quality of wines produced with the experimental campaigns

Microvinification is a fundamental step in the experimental activity of VITISOM, which allows microbiological transformation processes to be carried out in such a way as to simulate the operating conditions that are carried out on a large scale. I...

Franciacorta, Lison, March 2018
Soil respiration
The measurement of greenhouse gas

Growing global warming is closely linked to the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by human activity. About 60% of the CO2 released into the atmosphere by humans is reabsorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. CO2 ent...

February 2018
Fertilization of the vines
A balance between plant health and soil fertility

The winter slowly gives way to spring general test: a passage for VITISOM is marked by the resumption of fertilization activities.
This second distribution cycle carried out with the VITISOM variable rate prototypes, aims to compare diff...

January 2018
The health of our vineyards: the telltale signs
Franciacorta, Montefano, Radda in Chianti, Lison

The pruning wood of our vineyards is a significant detector of plant health. The new year opens under the banner of these monitoring in all the test vineyards involved in the VITISOM project, Guido Berlucchi SpA, Bonomi Castle, Conti degli Azzoni,...

Sustainable viticulture
Berlucchi hosts the international Agriculture 4.0 conference

Berlucchi continues its path in the world of organic agriculture and sustainable innovation by hosting the Agriculture 4.0 workshop on December 5, the greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector. The meeting, conceived as part of the VITIS...

Roncade, December 12, 2017
Smart Farming 4.0
The agriculture technological revolution

VITISOM LIFE host of the Smart Farming 4.0 conference, organized by the Italian-German Chamber of Commerce to present the status quo of digital innovation and sustainability in the two countries. Big data, sensors and drones, analytics tools, &quo...

Montpellier, November, 28-30 2017
VITISOM at Sitevi 2017
International exhibition of equipment and knowledge for agricultural production

The SITEVI agricultural fair is one of the most important fairs for the agricultural sector, with about 54,000 entries and 1,000 exhibiting companies. Over 50,000 m2 dedicated to equipment and know-how for wine-growing, olive-growing and fruit and...

Mantova, Complesso Museale Palazzo Ducale, November 24, 2017
Tastes and values
Traditional foods and the future challenge

VITISOM host of the conference organized by Latterie Virgilio, coordinator of the LIFE DOP, the project to make eco-sustainable the production of Grana Padano and of the Parmigiano Reggiano. A precious opportunity for networking between the Made i...

Mendoza - 5-10 November 2017
VITISOM at the international conference on Giesco viticulture
20th edition

The international conference on viticulture GiESCO "Group of International Experts on Viticultural Systems for Cooperation" represents the most important opportunity for discussion on new frontiers in vineyard management. VITISOM took pa...

Bucarest - 26-29 October 2017
VITISOM at the INDAGRA agricultural fair
Sustainable and precision agriculture

As part of the activities planned for the dissemination of the project on a European scale, the project LIFE VITISOM is presented at the 22nd edition of the agricultural fair in Bucharest INDAGRA promoted by ROMEXPO and the Chamber of Commerce and...

Consorzio per la Tutela del Lugana, October 2017
Agronomic practices for replacements and new plants
Multi-purpose sowing to feed the soil

Sata Agronomic Study, a consulting firm involved in the project for the study of the biological quality of soils, presents the LIFE VITISOM project to an audience of technicians in the sector and owners of wineries. The event, organized at the Azi...

Annone Veneto, Montefano, October 2017
Parcel distribution in the Bosco del Merlo and Conti degli Azzoni test vineyards

The distributions are carried out following the experimental plan prepared in the early phases of the Project and involves comparing the use of different organic matrices (compost, solid fraction of digestate, manure) with or without burial in com...

Franciacorta, October 2017
Continuous monitoring of GHG flows from the ground vineyard
Guido Berlucchi & C. Spa, Bosco del Merlo

The partner West Systems installed two fixed chambers for monitoring the flows in the two vineyards where the Eddy Covariance of the University of Padua already records the CO2 flows at the ecosystem level of the vineyard.
In particular,...

Franciacorta, October 2017
Greenhouse gas flows
Castello Bonomi, Guido Berlucchi & C. Spa, Bosco del Merlo

During the month of October, immediately after the harvest, West Systems continued its monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O, CH4) at the Castello Bonomi, Guido Berlucchi, Bosco del Merlo and Conti degli Azzoni companies.
Thes...

Radda in Chianti, October 2017
Sangiovese: the harvest of the experimental vineyards
Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi

The Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi company concludes the harvest on the vineyard test involved in the VITISOM research activities. The grapes harvested separately for each thesis are now starting at the vinification stage and the subsequent tastin...

Borgonato di Corte Franca (BS), 5 dicember 2017
Agriculture 4.0
Viticulture, Innovation and Research: the new technological frontiers

Guido Berlucchi | Piazza Duranti, 4 Borgonato of Corte Franca (Brescia) 9.00 am
The winery Guido Berlucchi organizes a workshop dedicated to greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture.
The event is organized in the context of the Eur...

Carpaneto Piacentino, September 2017
Variable rate: Updates after tests
Casella Macchine Agricole

The improvement of variable rate models has reached a second stage of implementation.
The study is conducted by Caselle Macchine Agricole in collaboration with the staff of the University of Milan and Vitisom's partner companies. Thi...

Montefano, 13th September 2017
Red grapes: start collecting
Conti degli Azzoni

Cabernet Sauvignon testing vineyard reach the correct maturation. Company technicians in collaboration with the University of Milan researchers, start field surveys and grape harvesting for microvinitions.
Precise vinification pro...

Franciacorta, September 2017
Franciacorta: fermentation of grape musts
Castello Bonomi and Guido Berlucchi & C.

In the earliest areas of Franciacorta and Prosecco, experimental harvesting and micro-vinification of grapes were carried out for each treatment provided by the research plan.

Today many of the grapes must have...

Radda in Chianti and Montefano, September 2017
Cabernet and Sangiovese: the ripening grapes
Conti degli Azzoni and Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi

Conti degli Azzoni and Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi farms continue the monitoring of Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese ripening grapes . This activity carried out in each parcel of the experimental vineyard, guarantees the optimal quality of t...

Annone Veneto, 21 August 2017
Veneto experimental harvest
Bosco del Merlo

The Bosco del Merlo vineyard of Annone Veneto, is engaged in experimental harvesting , after verifying the achievement of the correct technological maturation of grapes. During harvest, data are collected in relation to the plant's productive ...

Lison, Radda in Chianti, 14-18 August 2017
Grapes ripening: monitoring before harvest
Bosco del Merlo e Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi

Grape samplings continue at Bosco del Merlo and Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi..
As for the Franciacorta testing vineyards (Guido Berlucchi & C. and Castello Bonomi) grape samplings started in order to realize ripening curves at the exp...

Franciacorta, 7-10 August 2017
Experimental harvesting started in testing vineyards
Guido Berlucchi & C. e Castello Bonomi

In the context of VITISOM LIFE Project a testing vineyard was selected in each of the testing Companies to compare different methods of soil management: non-fertilized, fertilized with manure / compost / digestate solid fraction, all the abov...

occaglio, Corte Franca, Montefano, July-August 2017
Vigor maps: here's plant health
Castello Bonomi, Guido Berlucchi & C., Conti degli Azzoni

VITISOM companies partenr are periodically invovend in the monitoring vineyard by attending sensors that can evaluate a real time plant's state of health.The maps obtained will also be used to carry out evaluations of the trend ...

Franciacorta, Luglio 2017
Ripe grapes in Franciacorta
Castello Bonomi and Guido Berlucchi & C.

During July, the VITISOM team started the first sampling to monitor ripening of the grapes in the earliest vineyards, Chardonnay suitable to produce sparkling wines in Franciacorta at Guido Berlucchi & C. and Castello Bonomi. Samples carr...

Cavaion Veronese, 23 June 2017
Enovitis in campo
Testing days in the vineyard

Enovitis in campo is the only dynamic fair in Italy entirely dedicated to viticulture technologies. Thanks to its traveling formula (machine operation is shown in the vineyard to the operators o...

Milan, 9 June 2017
Green jobs for a greener future
National Research Council - Research Area

University, Research and Enterprise together to tell the Biotechnology world: Agrofood, Green Chemistry and Eco-Industry.
20 entrepreneurs and scientists tell it to young researchers and students who intend to make their career "gre...

Coccaglio, 3 June 2017
Wine & Sustainability at Vespa Club
Castello Bonomi

Love for the territory, environmental sustainability and product quality protection at the center of the Vespa Club Montebelluna meeting hosted by Castello Bonomi. VITISOM wants to reach a broad audience for this, the manager involved in the ...

Milan, 23 May 2017
Research Open Day
University of Milan

VITISOM was presented to students during the Research Open Day organized by the Faculty of Agronomy and Food Science at the University of Milan.
From labs research to application, professional perspectives and specializations told by profes...

Milan, 26 May 2017
LIFE Programme Open Day
The LIFE Program successes through its witnesses

VITISOM partner of the "Green Pathways to Sustainable Use of Resourcers" initiative organized by the LIFE BIOREST project to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the LIFE Progra...

Vicenza, 18 May 2017
Vitisom at the Enoforum European Congress
Innovation and Networking

VITISOM participates in Enoforum, the largest technical and scientific congress of the wine sector in Europe. Biennially proposed by Vinidea and SIVE since 2000, ...

May 2017
The MECS-VINE sensor works in field
at the start of the first reliefs

Preparation of prototype machines for the VRT vineyard organic fertilization, periodic surveys of vine vigor have been made through the utilization of MECS-VINE sensor, produced by Casella Macchine Agricole.
The sensor has been made avai...

Carpaneto Piacentino, 7 April 2017
Tests and prototypes comparison
Meeting of preliminary data assessment

Casella Macchine Agricole hosting the meeting to results evaluation of first usage of basic prototypes. This allowed to determine next actions to be performed in ordert to improve the machines functioning. It have taken part in...

Annone Veneto, 5 April 2017
Wine University
Bosco del Merlo

VITISOM is partner of the event "Wine University" organized by Bosco del Merlo company 5th April at Annone Veneto estate. Strategy, objectives and expected results were illustrated by Luigi ...

Lucca, 6 April 2017
Obiettivo terra
3rd Regional Conference of Agriculture and Rural Development

The 3rd Regional Conference of Agriculture and Rural Development is an relevant event for the Region of Tuscany because it comes at a key moment for Agriculture and Rural Development. In fact the event reviews what has been done over the last...

Corte Franca, 28th March 2017
VITISOM meets university students
Guido Berlucchi & SpA

VITISOM at the heart of Wine-growing techniques course held by Leonardo Valenti at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Milan. The seminar held at the partner company Guido B...

Radda in Chianti, Franciacorta, Montefano, 5-20 March 2017
The monitoring of GHG emissions from viticultural soils
Vescine, Castello Bonomi, Berlucchi, Conti degli Azzoni

Monitoring of GHG emissions from viticultural soils continue; the partner West Systems carried out, through the use of the prototype developed thanks to the LIFE + IPNOA project (LIFE11 ENV / IT / 000302), the second monitoring of emissions form s...

Radda in Chianti e Coccaglio, 2-15 March 2017
Chianti and Franciacorta: comparative test last
Vescine and Castello Bonomi

Tests made with basic version of prototypes continue - Radda in Chianti (Toscana) e Coccaglio (Franciacorta) – March 2-3-15, 2017. In parallel to the ditributions made on a large surface in the five viticultural context involved in the Porje...

Coccaglio, March 2017
VITISOM for consumers: safety, quality and sustainability
Castello Bonomi

Castello Bonomi Franciacorta company partner of VITISOM, presented project strategy to some restaurant and wine shop in the area. Focus of dialogue: sustainability in viticulture, the common topic of interest from the fi...

Iseo, 1 March 2017
Respect of the land: management, sustainability and economy
Cascina Clarabella

The project VITISOM is presented at the "Training course for organic viticulture" organized by Sata Studio Agronomico at the winery Cascina Clarabella in Franciacorta. With a total of 40 par...

Franciacorta, 21 Febbraio 2017
The VITISOM teams met for the mid-term monitoring meeting
Berlucchi & C

The winery Guido Berlucchi & C hosted last 21 February, the first visit to the state of the project monitoring. The meeting was opened by the greeting of Arturo Ziliani, winemaker, guide ...

Franciacorta, Montefano, Annone Veneto, 22-24 February 2017
Efficiency and quality in the vineyard distributions: tests continues
Guido Berlucchi, Conti degli Azzoni, Bosco del Merlo

The first experimental tests are carried out at tester companies Guido Berlucchi (Franciacorta), Conti Azzoni (Marche) and Bosco del Merlo (Veneto) using the basic prototypes built by Casella Macchine Agricole.
In these vineyards surveys...

Verona, 26 January 2017
VITISOM and the organic viticulture
Cantina Cooperativa Valpantena

In the context of the activities planned in the project VITISOM, partners wineries are also involved in the evaluation of impacts in terms of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). In this respect, they involve as an external consultant the D...

France, 5-10 February 2017
VITISOM arrives in France
The tour of Cognac in Sauternes

Leonardo Valenti’s team, project coordinator, disseminate the project in some of the major French wine producing areas in the occasion of a training trip organized by Sata Studio Agronomico, involved in the project for the a...

Carpaneto Piacentino, 20 January 2016
The experimental testing of the first prototype
Casella Macchine Agricole

In view of the forthcoming validation of the prototype in the vineyard, the company's engineers Casella Farm Machinery, are leading the latest verification of correct functioning. This activity will allow the next delivery of the 5 prototypes ...

Carpaneto Piacentino,October 25, 2016
The prototype design: available experimental models soon
Casella Macchine Agricole

The staff of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of University of Milan and the company's technical representatives meet Casella technicians involved in the design of the preliminary versions of the prototypes.
...

Carpaneto Piacentino, November 19-20, 2016
The "open doors" initiative. Innovation in agriculture
Casella Macchine Agricole

On the occasion of the "Open Doors" initiative held at their headquarters, the partnerCasella Macchine Agricole has reserved a space to present the VITISOM LIFE project (LIFE15 ENV / IT / 000392).
This kind of initiatives ...

Marrakech, November 11, 2016
VITISOM and climate change COP22
Conference of the United Nations Convention

In the context of the Conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP22), the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea has organized on November 11, a side event to present the Knowledge Platform Ministry of the Environment...

Montefano (MC), 30 March 2017
VITISOM: a LIFE project to support in viticulture innovation
Conti degli Azzoni

Conti Azzoni company organizes in Montefano (MC) a meeting focused on mechanical and technological innovation in viticulture. The appointment is for the 30th of March at 9:30 at Conti Azzoni premises.
Speakers Valperto Azzoni...

Milan, October 14, 2016
Launch day of LIFE VITISOM project
Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali

At the start the project VITISOM LIFE (LIFE15 ENV / IT / 000392) involving major research organizations and production companies at the national level: achieving a more sustainable approach to the management of vineyard, this is the mission o...

Pisa, October 13, 2016
Strategies for mitigation of climate change, a challenge for agriculture
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa

The International Workshop of the project LIFE + IPNOA "Strategies for mitigation of climate change, a challenge for agriculture" was take place on October 13th at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa. The initiative has been ...

Bologna, November 9-13, 2016
VITISOM for industry players
EIMA - Esposizione Internazionale di Macchine per l'Agricoltura e il Giardinaggio

Casella Macchine Agricole exhibits the poster of the project at its stand at this important fair with an international impact. The mainly productive public is an important part of the stakeholders that will be involved during the developing of the...

Franciacorta, Agosto, 2016
The start of the preliminary surveys
Franciacorta, Castello Bonomi

After the selection of testing sites for each company, activities of monitoring of chemical, phisycal and biological soils quality start to assess their conditions at “0” point: the staff of Prof Adani (UNIMI) deals with chemical anali...

Franciacorta, Settembre 2016
Evaluations of GHG emissions: launch preliminary activities
Franciacorta, Berlucchi & Spa e Bosco del Merlo

Evaluations of greenhouse gas emissions at the ecosystem level start under the coordination of Andrea Pitacco, professor at the Department of Dafnae of University of Padua, thanks to the Eddy Covariance instrument, installed at the Guido Berlucchi...

Bruxelles, October 14 2016
Soil Protection Strategy. Il Kick-off meeting
EASME, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

LIFE VITISOM (LIFE15 ENV/IT/000392) participates, at the headquarters dell'EASME, to LIFE15 Kick-off meeting ENV Resource Efficiency / Soil, official opening event of the projects financed in the edition 2015 in the Soil protection framework. ...

Rimini, November 9, 2016
ECOMONDO 2016. The green technologies Expo
Rimini Fiera

VITISOM presented at the 20th edition of Ecomondo, the most comprehensive international exhibition in the Mediterranean area on the most advanced and sustainable technology solutions for the proper management and recovery of waste, management...

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Castello Bonomi

The calculation of the Ravaz index

Meetings and exchanges of good practices

Moving towards the sustainability of the Vitisom model

At the international exhibition of wines and spirits

Castello Bonomi

The precision farming in the field

The progress of VITISOM told from Berlin to Rimini

Networking in viticulture

The state of health of our plants

The biological fertilization in viticulture

A survey of precision farming: intelligent and sustainable strategies for agriculture of the future

New frontiers for the wine sector

Good practices and innovative solutions for the environment

New experimental solutions

Al via le distribuzioni autunnali

Castello Bonomi

SANA International Exhibition

Castello Bonomi

Bosco del Merlo

Giardini Indro Montanelli

Face to face with the research

The second season starts

7th National Viticulture Convention

The impact of fertilization methods on wine quality

The socio-economic study

A conference for sustainable agriculture

Continuous monitoring of greenhouse emissions

the close study of behavior in the field

52 edition

Cantina Valpolicella Negrar

Innovation in viticulture

Precision farming in viticulture

Castello Bonomi

The point of view of those who have already tested

Analysis of the quality of wines produced with the experimental campaigns

The measurement of greenhouse gas

A balance between plant health and soil fertility

Franciacorta, Montefano, Radda in Chianti, Lison

Berlucchi hosts the international Agriculture 4.0 conference

The agriculture technological revolution

International exhibition of equipment and knowledge for agricultural production

Traditional foods and the future challenge

20th edition

Sustainable and precision agriculture

Multi-purpose sowing to feed the soil

Guido Berlucchi & C. Spa, Bosco del Merlo

Castello Bonomi, Guido Berlucchi & C. Spa, Bosco del Merlo

Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi

Viticulture, Innovation and Research: the new technological frontiers

Casella Macchine Agricole

Conti degli Azzoni

Castello Bonomi and Guido Berlucchi & C.

Conti degli Azzoni and Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi

Bosco del Merlo

Bosco del Merlo e Premiata Fattoria Castelvecchi

Guido Berlucchi & C. e Castello Bonomi

Castello Bonomi, Guido Berlucchi & C., Conti degli Azzoni

Castello Bonomi and Guido Berlucchi & C.

Testing days in the vineyard

National Research Council - Research Area

Castello Bonomi

University of Milan

The LIFE Program successes through its witnesses

Innovation and Networking

at the start of the first reliefs

Meeting of preliminary data assessment

Bosco del Merlo

3rd Regional Conference of Agriculture and Rural Development

Guido Berlucchi & SpA