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Activity and Account

Report 2012

ADVID ▪ Douro Region Wine Cluster ▪ 2012 Activity and Account Report

Index

1. Executive Summary................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2. Corporate Bodies....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

3. Affiliates ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

4. Objectives and Strategy.......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

5. Operating Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................... 13

5.1. Human Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................... 13

5.2. Financial resources ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13

5.3. Material Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13

6. Research Activities and Experimental Development (R&D) ............................................................................................................... 14

6.1. Anchor Projects ................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

6.1.1. Climate Change ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14

6.1.1.1 Impact of Climate Change on Viticulture in the Douro Region ................................................................................... 14

6.1.1.2 Short-term strategies for climate change mitigation in viticulture (ClimeVINESafe) ................................................ 15

6.1.1.3 Modelling the Evolution of RDD Quality Wine ............................................................................................................. 16

6.1.1.4 Management of water and heat stress on the grapevine ........................................................................................... 17

6.1.2. Eligible areas of grapevine crop potential .............................................................................................................................. 19

6.1.3. Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture ..................................................................................................................................... 19

6.1.3.1 Biodivine (Demonstration of functional biodiversity at landscape wine - LIFE +) ..................................................... 19

6.1.3.2 ECOVITIS – Maximising ecosystem services in viticulture ........................................................................................... 22

6.1.4. Assessing the oenological potential of grapes ....................................................................................................................... 25

6.1.5. Preservation of grapevine genetic variability ........................................................................................................................ 26

6.1.6. Sustained production in viticulture ........................................................................................................................................ 26

6.1.7. Rationalisation of the hillside vineyard .................................................................................................................................. 27

6.1.7.1 Economic Observatory ................................................................................................................................................... 27

6.1.8. Skills development - Training and Dissemination .................................................................................................................. 27

6. 2. Complementary R&D Projects .......................................................................................................................................................... 29

6.2.1. Evaluating the effectiveness of treatments to combat Oidium in grapevines at early stages in the season ................... 29

7. Communication and Dissemination ...................................................................................................................................................... 31

7.1. Production of informative support material .................................................................................................................................... 31

7.2. Knowledge acquisition ....................................................................................................................................................................... 33

7.2.1. Event participation ................................................................................................................................................................... 33

7.2.2. Training ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 35

7.3. Knowledge Transfer ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35

7.3.1 ADVID page on the Internet - www.advid.pt .......................................................................................................................... 35

7.3.2 Publicity events ......................................................................................................................................................................... 35

“Touriga Franca” workshop. ...................................................................................................................................................... 36

“Strategies for Weed Control in Organic Viticulture" workshop ............................................................................................. 37

"Climate Change in the Production of Wine. Overview and Assessment of the Situation in the Douro Region” seminar 38

“Analysis of the Evolution of Vegetative Cycle - Bud Burst” workshop .................................................................................. 40

Open Day at the University of Porto ......................................................................................................................................... 40

Workshop “Wine Spoilage Yeast - Brettanomyces-Dekkera” .................................................................................................. 41

XIX Annual proof of vintage ....................................................................................................................................................... 41

Biodiversity Week ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42

“Bird watching at Quinta das Carvalhas” Session ..................................................................................................................... 42

Workshop “Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Viticulture” ................................................................................................... 43

Birds and their role in biodiversity. Example of “Black Wheatear” (Bird Port Wine) – Bird watching session 43

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Institutional Module: "Biodiversity - Added Value in Wine?" In Infowine.fórum2012 ................................................................ 44

"Sustainability of Wine and Grapevine Production - Wine and Olive Oil Tastings" conference .................................................. 44

“2012 Forecast Vintage Production” conference ............................................................................................................................ 45

”The Importance of Tracking Grape Ripening” workshop .............................................................................................................. 46

"The Biodivine Project" publicity ...................................................................................................................................................... 46

Open Day at the University of Porto ................................................................................................................................................ 47

“Installation of Hedges in Viticulture Ecosystem” workshop ......................................................................................................... 47

“2012 Wine Balance” workshop ....................................................................................................................................................... 48

7.3.3. Papers Presented and/or Published .............................................................................................................................................. 49

7.3.4. 2012 ADVID Award ........................................................................................................................................................................ 51

7.3.5. Activation of Complementary Projects with Insertion into the Cluster ...................................................................................... 52

7.3.6. Media ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 53

8. Support Service for Good Agricultural Practices ............................................................................................................................................ 55

8.1. Services financed by shares ...................................................................................................................................................................... 55

8.1.1. Technical Support for Integrated Vineyard Production ............................................................................................................... 55

8.1.2. Support for application process preparation of agro-environmental measures ....................................................................... 56

8.1.3 Grape moth control by mating disruption ..................................................................................................................................... 57

8.1.4 Forecast potential vintage by pollen method ................................................................................................................................ 57

8.1.5 Evaluation of grape variety and rootstock behaviour ................................................................................................................... 58

8.2. Invoiced services ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 58

8.2.1. Viticulture ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 58

8.2.1.1 Support for organic production ............................................................................................................................................ 58

8.2.1.2 Evaluation of water potential for irrigation needs ............................................................................................................. 58

8.2.2. Oenology.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 59

8.2.2.1 Maturation control ................................................................................................................................................................ 59

8.2.2.2 Portal of tannins (ADVID/AWRI) ........................................................................................................................................... 59

9. Administrative and accounting support ...................................................................................................................................................... 59

10. Institutional Relations ................................................................................................................................................................................... 60

11. Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In 2012, we continued working on the Action Plan for the 2009-2012 period after recognising ADVID as the

operator of the wine cluster from the Douro Region. We developed the anchor projects that had been identified

during recognition of the cluster and developed communication and dissemination skills, strengthened networks,

promoted the transfer of knowledge from the science and technology sector to wine companies and improved

technical support to Members.

Of all our 2012 activities, the following stand out:

The seminar Climate Change in Wine Production: A Global Overview and Assessment of the Situation of the

Douro Region at the Luso-American Foundation (Fundação Luso-Americana) in Lisbon, and at Porto Customhouse,

on 12 and 13 April.

In this seminar, findings from a study on the impact of climate change on viticulture in the RDD (Região Demarcada

do Douro) were presented by Prof. Gregory Jones of the Department of Environmental Studies at Southern Oregon

University (USA) in collaboration with ADVID. In addition, the effect of climate change in Portugal and Europe were

presented by Prof. Pedro Miranda (Nova de Lisboa University) and Prof. João Santos (Trás-os-Montes and Alto

Douro University), as well as the company strategy of Sogrape Vinhos SA, which was presented by Mr. George

Sandeman, and Symington Family Estates, as represented by the engineer Charles Symington.

The Grapevine and Wine Institute, the Douro and Porto Wine Institute, ViniPortugal and the Luso-American

Foundation joined up to support this event, in addition to the Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial

Planning, Prof. Assunção Cristas, who chaired the seminar opening in Lisbon.

Biodiversity Week (28-31 May) included the participation of Prof. Steve Wratten (Bio-Protection Research Centre

of New Zealand), Dr. Howard Thistlewood (Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre of Canada), Prof. Laura Torres and

Prof. Guilhermina Marques (UTAD) and the companies Real Companhia Velha, Sogevinus Fine Wines and Duorum

Vinhos, represented by Mr. Rui Soares, Mr. José Manso and Mr. José Maria Soares Franco, respectively. In addition,

the "Associação Portuguesa para a Diversidade da Videira" (Portuguese Association for Grapevine Diversity)

participated, as represented by Dr. António Graça. Several activities were developed as follows:

Bird watching session at Quinta das Carvalhas, Pinhão

"Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Viticulture" workshop, Quinta do Tedo, Tabuaço.

Birds and their role in biodiversity. Example of "Black Wheatear" (Bird of the Port Wine), Quinta de Castelo

Melhor, Castelo Melhor.

"Biodiversity - Added Value in Wine?" institutional module in Infowine.fórum2012, Vila Real.

UNESCO mission reception, as an interlocutor entity, by invitation of the Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment

and Spatial Planning. The mission was to analyse the condition of the Douro World Heritage site and the impact of


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the Foz-Tua dam. This involvement culminated with an opinion about the "Impact of Hydroelectric Foz-Tua on Wine

Production", as requested by the mission head for UNESCO.

Raising awareness in the Secretary of State for Rural Development on the issue of Flavescence dorée

phytoplasma, which culminated with the drafting of the National Action Plan to Combat Flavescence Dorée

Phytoplasma by the Working Group formed for this purpose, with which ADVID became integrated.

Meeting with the University of Porto in order to involve the scientific community of the largest Portuguese

University in solving the winemaking problems of the Douro Region. This action resulted in a visit by 30 researchers

from various colleges and research Centres from the UP in the Douro Region on 4 May and 8 October. Researchers

covered issues relating to viticulture needs (mechanisation, erosion and landscape management) and oenological

needs (maturity, harvest, grape-wine transfer quality, wine making and environmental management). As result, the

first working theme was identified, namely, mechanisation.

The ADVID 2012 award to Mr. Cincinnato Costa for his work "General phenological model to characterise the

timing of flowering and veraison of Vitis vinifera L." as developed by Amber K. Parker and C. Van Leeuwen - Enita,

Université de Bordeaux and I. G. de Cortázar-Atauri from the I. Chuine Fonctionelle du Centre d'Ecologie et

Evolutive in Montpellier. The ceremony took place at the General Assembly of 13 December 2013 at Quinta do

Vallado and was attended by the honouree's granddaughter, Mrs. D. Maria Eduarda Costa Macedo, who presented

the award to work coordinator Prof. van Leeuwen.

We highlight two factors relevant to the development of the Viticulture of the Douro Region program from 2012:

The publication of the book "A Climate Assessment for the Douro Wine Region: An Examination for the

Past, Present and Future Conditions for Wine Production", which resulted from work developed within

the anchor project called "Climate Changes".

Knowledge transmission to RDD grapevine growers by workshops/conferences (18), training/classes (6),

informational brochures (15), technical books, technical notes (1), newsletters (10) and lists of plant

protection products (7).

Knowledge produced and disclosed in talks/seminars and technical-scientific papers (28);

A new, more functional website that provides all available information

To satisfy the members' needs, the following services were implemented:

• Measurements of grapevine water relations, by assessing predawn leaf water potential and the Sarmento

hydraulic potential;

• Technical support for organic viticulture as presented by 3 technicians with appropriate training and a workshop

on "strategies for weed control."

In short, we have taken another step to consolidate the position of ADVID as a platform for disseminating

knowledge and examining issues among universities, research organisations and wine companies, which enhances


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the competitiveness of the wine sector and encourages entrepreneurship and innovation.

2. CORPORATE BODIES

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PRESIDENT: Adriano Ramos Pinto Vinhos S.A.

Represented by: João Rosas Nicolau de Almeida

VICE-PRESIDENT: Niepoort (Vinhos), S.A.

Represented by: José Teles Dias da Silva

MEMBER: Rozès, S.A.

Represented by: António Fernando da Cunha Saraiva

AUDIT COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT: Cª Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro

Represented by: Pedro Silva Reis

MEMBER: Churchill Graham, Lda.

Represented by: John Graham

MEMBER: Manuel Maria Gonçalves Mota

BOARD

PRESIDENT: Sogevinus Fine Wines SA

Represented by: José Manuel Castro, Silva Meneres Manso

MEMBER: Sogrape Vinhos SA

Represented by: António da Rocha Graça

MEMBER: W & J Graham & CO SA

Represented by: Carlos Alberto Soares Caldeira

MEMBER: Quinta do Vallado - Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. (Agricultural Society)

Represented by: Francisco Spratley Ferreira

MEMBER: Duorum Vinhos S.A*

Represented by: José Luís Moreira da Silva

* In a board meeting on 13 December, 2012, the inclusion of Associate Duorum Vinhos S.A. as a member of the

Board, as represented by Dr. José Luís Moreira da Silva, was unanimously approved by cooptation among peers

(based on paragraph 4 of Article #10 of the articles of association), to replace associate Lemos & Van Zeller.*


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3. AFFILIATES

ACTIVE MEMBERS Quinta do Sairrão, Sociedade Agrícola, S.A.

Quinta do Vallado - Sociedade Agrícola, Lda.

Adriano Ramos Pinto - Vinhos, S.A. Quinta dos Avidagos, Lda.

C.ª Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro Quinta Geração – Vinhos, Lda.

Churchill Graham, Lda. Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, S.A.

Niepoort (Vinhos), S.A. Rumo, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda.

Quinta do Noval - Vinhos, S.A. Sapec Agro, S.A.

Rozès, S.A. Saraiva & Filhos, Lda.

Sociedade Vinícola Terras de Valdigem, S.A. Silva & Cosens, Lda.

Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A. Sinergiae - Ambiente, Lda.

Sogrape Vinhos, S.A. Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta do Alvito, Lda.

W. & J. Graham, Ca. Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta do Vale de Malhadas, Lda.

Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta do Vesúvio, Lda.

COLLECTIVE MEMBERS Sociedade Agrícola de Vila Velha, Lda.

Sociedade Agrícola dos Canais, Lda.

A. Monteiro & Pôncio, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola José Mesquita Guimarães, Lda.

Bayer CropScience Portugal, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta da Sequeira Nova, Lda.

Beloxisto - Turismo Rural e Agricultura, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta da Teixeira Velha, Lda.

Biosani - Agricultura Biológica e Protecção Integrada, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta do Beato, Lda.

Cabanas - Sociedade Vitivinícola, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta do Todão, Lda.

Casa Agrícola Horta Osório, S.A. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta Seara D'Ordens, Lda.

Casa de Vilarelhos, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. Sociedade Agroturistica da Casa dos Barros, Lda.

Cockburn & Ca., S.A. Sogevinus Quintas, S.A.

Coimbra de Mattos, Lda. Symington Vinhos, S.A.

Duorum Vinhos, S.A. Syngenta Crop Protection, Lda.

E.I. Empreendimentos e Investimentos Agrícolas do Douro, S.A. VCC, Unipessoal, Lda.

Esmero – Sociedade de Vinhos, Lda. Veredas do Douro - Sociedade Agrícola, Lda.

F. Albuquerque e Filhos - Sociedade Agrícola, S.A. Warre & Companhia, SA.

F. Olazabal & Filhos, Lda. Wine & Soul, Lda.

Fundação da Casa de Mateus

In Vino, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. INDIVIDUALS

João Brito e Cunha, Lda.

João Nicolau de Almeida & Filhos, Lda. Afonso do Vale Coelho Pereira Cabral, Herdeiros

José Maria Pires – Qta. Vale de Locaia, Soc. Unipessoal, Lda. Alfredo Fernandes Teixeira Constantino, Cabeça de Casal da Herança de

José Viseu Carvalho & Filhos, Lda. Álvaro Martinho Dias Lopes

Lemos & Van Zeller, Lda. Ana Maria Lencastre Sousa Soares Freitas

Montez Champalimaud, Lda. Ana Paula Moreira Filipe de Castro

Néctar da Sabedoria - Vinhos e Enoturismo, Lda. Ana Rita Forjaz Teixeira Leal Fráguas

Pacheco & Irmãos, Lda. André Correia Cigarro Brás

Pagamo Meco, S.A. Antónia Maria Ponce Leão Bettencourt Mesquita de Araújo

Prats & Symington, Lda. António Caetano Sousa Faria Girão

Quinta da Carvalhosa, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. António Carlos Sobral Pinto Ribeiro

Quinta da Jusã - Soc. Imobiliária e Turística, S.A. António da Cunha Carvalho

Quinta da Rosa - Vinhos, S.A. António dos Santos Cigarro, Cabeça de Casal da Herança de

Quinta da Foz do Pinhão - Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. António José Silva Fonseca Gonçalves Mendes

Quinta do Grifo - Sociedade Agrícola, S.A. António Manuel da Costa Lima Acciaiuoli Dória

Quinta da Xandica - Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. António Manuel Rodrigues de Queiróz

Quinta das Apegadas, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. António Manuel Vicente Almeida

Quinta de D. Matilde - Vinhos, Lda. António Manuel Vilhena Andrêz

Quinta do Crasto, S.A. António Rodrigues de Carvalho

Quinta do Infantado, Vinhos do Produtor, Lda. Armando Filipe Lacerda Queirós

Quinta do Osório, Lda. Arnaldo Hibon de Campos

Quinta do Passadouro, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. Artur Luís Vinhal Graça Guimarães Serôdio


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Quinta do Pessegueiro - Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial, Lda. Bernardo Maria Freire Albuquerque Nápoles de Carvalho

Quinta do Querindelo, Lda. Bertilde Botelho Elias

INDIVIDUALS (continuation) Maria Luísa da Graça Paulo Ferreira da Rocha

Maria Manuela Matos Silva Fonseca

Carlos Alberto Sousa Sampaio Magalhães Maria Manuela Pizarro Montenegro Seixas Fego

César Augusto Correia de Sequeira Maria Manuela Vasques Osório de Amorim

Charles Andrew Nunes Symington Maria Natália Lameirão Monteiro de González

Domingos Guilhermino dos Reis Alves de Sousa Maria Paula Carmona de Abreu de Azeredo Malheiro Girão

Eduardo Francisco Bessa da Costa Seixas Maria Virgínia Borges Gonçalves Costa Mendes

Eunice Luís Silva Fonseca Gonçalves Mendes Mário Joaquim da Rocha Braga, Herdeiros

Fernando de Sousa Botelho Albuquerque Natália Neusa Correia Cigarro Miranda Brás

Francisco Júlio Marinho Oliveira Passos Paul Douglas Symington

Inês Sofia Gomes de Sousa Botelho Albuquerque Pedro Pinto da Cunha Rola

Isabel Maria da Costa Fevereiro Peter Ronald Symington

João Baptista de Castro Girão de Azeredo Leme Pompeu Barros Viseu

João Henrique Pereira da Silva e Sousa Pessanha Martins Moreira Pôncio Martins Ribeiro

João Manuel Araújo dos Santos Tomás Guedes de Almeida Holtreman Roquette

João Pereira Rebelo Vicent Bouchard

Joaquim Norberto Campos Rodrigues dos Santos

John Andrew Douglas Symington HONORARY MEMBERS

Jorge Bernardo Lacerda de Queirós

Jorge Botelho Elias Acácio Manuel Poças Maia

Jorge Rosas Vinhos Unipessoal, Lda. Alexandre José Pina de Carvalho

José Agostinho Fernandes Lacerda António Rocha Pinto

José Alberto Pinto de Azevedo António de Vasconcelos Maia

José António Teixeira Martins António J. Albuquerque de Oliveira Quinta

José Arnaldo Coutinho António J.S. de Oliveira Bessa

José Carlos de Morais Calheiros Cruz, Herdeiros António Jorge Ferreira Filipe

José Correia Barrigas de Azevedo Charles Andrew Nunes Symington

José Luís Matos Rodrigues de Figueiredo Christian Seely

José Manuel Morais Barata Cristiano José Seabra Van Zeller

José Maria Ramos, Herdeiros Fernando Bianchi de Aguiar

José Ramos da Fonseca Fernando Luís Van Zeller

Laura Maria Osório de Meneses Braga Coutinho Albuquerque Nápoles Francisco Barata Tovar

Laura Maria Valente Barreto Nogueira Regueiro George T.D. Sandeman

Luís Baptista Pinto de Figueiredo, Cabeça de Casal João Manuel M. de Almeida Barros

Macário de Castro da Fonseca Pereira Coutinho João Pedro Larangeiro Ramalho

Manuel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira John Gordon Guimarães

Manuel da Costa Pinto Hespanhol José Alfredo Pinto Gaspar

Manuel Fernandes Lebres José Manuel Froés Burguete de Sousa Soares

Manuel Joaquim Freire D'Almeida Gouveia José Maria d’Orey Soares Franco

Manuel Mouzinho de Albuquerque de Mascarenhas Gaivão Manuel Ângelo Oliveira de Almeida Barros

Maria Adelaide Pinto dos Santos Miguel Côrte-Real da Silva Gomes

Maria Alcina Fortes de Carvalho Nuno d’Orey Cancela de Abreu

Maria Amélia Branco Xavier de Araújo Nuno Pizarro Magalhães

Maria Amélia Cyrne Correia Pacheco Lobato Faria Pedro Miguel Cunha de Sá

Maria Antónia de Nazaret Bernardo Azevedo Narciso Peter Ronald Symington

Maria Beirão Costa Pinto Almeida Silva

Maria Celina Gomes Parente do Patrocínio

Maria da Graça Almeida Ferreira de Sousa Pizarro

Maria da Graça Lacerda de Queirós

Maria de Fátima Pimentel Teixeira Correia Tavares de Figueiroa Rego

Maria Emília Miranda de Sousa Leite Lobo D'Ávila

Maria Etelvina Ferreira Trigo Pereira Carneiro

Maria Henriqueta Janeiro Pinto da Silva

Maria Isabel Junqueiro Sarmento Gomes Mota


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4. OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY

The three-year-old wine cluster of the Douro Region has the mission of “streamlining and consolidating the wine

production in the Douro region through a technological and sustainable strategy applied to their stakeholders”,

whose vision points to an "environmental, economic and socially sustainable sector, excited by a culture of network

cooperation to reduce threats and optimise opportunities".

To pursue the mission, Cluster Wines of RDD presents the following strategic objectives:

Increase the number of associates and, consequently, the resources to develop and boost the Cluster;

Promote and increase investment in R&D and company innovation through action projects to add value to

grapevine-wine activities;

Increase the level of technical and economical skills for the sector as a competitive advantage for the

companies in Portugal and worldwide;

Optimise, increase and transmit knowledge within the region as a way to improve viticultural practices,

increasing the value of local human capital;

Development of methods to favour the operating efficiency of grapevine-wine production;

Raising public and private funding for the Region;

Establish platforms of scientific knowledge and support initiatives for economic agents to innovate

processes and products;

Creation of services to support companies.

To meet these goals, a set of initiatives was defined and integrated into an action plan focusing on the innovation,

qualification and modernisation of companies in the sector, which will encourage the emergence of agglomeration

economies through cooperation and networking.

The action plan has a mobilising nature that potentially generates positive externalities for the cluster agents and

the wine and grapevine goals include:

Anchor Projects and Strategic Lines of Development, with a high degree of partner participation, both

from the consortia and groups with common interests;

Complementary Projects, intended for individual actions or companies in cooperation, for which incentive

lines are available with positive outcomes for integrated actions within the cluster objectives;

Webcasts of meetings and workshops with cluster partners and counterparts.

Encouragement of Communication and Transmission of Knowledge through the production of support

material, training, workshops, seminars, colloquia and participation in events to promote the works.


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To monitor and evaluate the achievement of objectives, targets and indicators were defined, and the 2012 results

are shown in the tables below.

Table 1 – Indicators and respective targets defined for 2012

Result indicators Unit Expected Achieved

Variation in the number of affiliates % 2 -3.9

Training actions and promotion events Number 50 125

Dissemination of technical information and publications available to public domain

Number 200 181

Hours spent on technical training Number 500 948

Technical services provided by the Association Number 10 7

Reference parcels on ADVID network Number 15 22

New production processes developed Number 8 7

Preservation of grape genetic variability grape

varieties 50 50

Funded R&D performed Number 15 11

Projects with intervention of SCT entities Number 15 9

Increased spending on R&D by the cluster % 20 -

Increased number of ADVID researchers and main partners Number 5 4

Participation in international R&D programs Number of

projects 3 4

Projects approved with public funding Number 14 11

Impact indicators Unit Expected Achieved

Environmental awareness actions Number 10 74

Increase RDD attractiveness – Number of visitors % 5 -

Increased RDD exports % 1 5.2

Change in income (increased turnover) % 1 3.8

Reduction of production costs % 5 -

Production units subject to modernisation Number 500 >500

Creating skilled jobs - Level IV or higher Number 10 4

Variation in workforce skill levels % 15 14

Number of companies that changed from SMEs to large companies

Number - -

Demonstration sessions and dissemination of results Number 50 125

Technical information disseminated and publications placed in the public domain

Number 200 181

Projects with dissemination at national-international levels Number 6 11

For some indicators, the targets achieved at the end of three CEE Cluster Wines of the Douro Region years fell short

compared to the forecasts, namely:

Variation in the number of affiliates

Technical services provided by the Association


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New production processes developed

Funded R&D performed

Projects with SCT entity intervention

Participation in international R&D programs

Projects approved with public funding

Creating skilled jobs - Level IV or higher

Variation in workforce skill levels

With respect to the negative variation in the number of affiliates, the reason is essentially related to a reduction in

the number of individual members. However, there was an increase in the value generated by quotas due to a

significant increase in the number of collective members, as shown in graph I.

Graph 1 – Evolution of Affiliation Structure – 2012

With respect to other indicators, deviation occurred as a consequence of the current situation and lack of tender for

public financing for the Strategic Lines of Development (anchor projects), which has implications for the various

planned activities.

We choose not to consider the indicators “Increased spending on R&D in the Cluster”, “Increase the RDD

attractiveness – Number of visitors”, “Reduction of production costs” or “Number of companies that changed from

SMEs to large companies” because of the difficulty in obtaining accurate figures to measure these indicators and

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Individual members 122 137 151 129 128 123 115 112 107 96 92

Collective members 40 46 51 47 51 56 55 60 63 69 69

Effective members 11 13 13 11 11 9 9 9 10 11 10

Fixed shares (€‘000) 106,44 123,84 128,52 111,48 113,76 104,16 102,60 105,24 107,46 118,34 113,22

Variable shares (€‘000) 202,77 219,18 237,76 234,23 206,61 174,57 140,14 108,02 118,43 124,41 116,97

Total shares (€‘000) 309,21 343,02 366,28 345,71 320,37 278,73 242,74 213,26 225,89 242,75 230,19

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also because of the current situation.

5. OPERATING RESOURCES

5.1. Human Resources

The ADVID team is made up of one General Director, one Technical Director, 6 technicians and one manager. Two

IEFP trainees were hired in addition to one technician in order to support the projects, and one trainee was hired

by the Maximising Ecosystem Services and Biodivine projects, respectively.

5.2. Financial Resources

2011 2012

Effective members 11 10

Collective members 69 69

Individual members 96 92

Fixed shares ('000€) 110.00 11322

Variable shares ('000€) 112.74 116.97

Total shares ('000€) 222.74 230.19

5.3. Material Resources

Material Number

Laptops 10

Desktops 3

Notebooks 1

GPS 1

Multifunction Printer / Fax 2

Colour Ink Jet Printer 1

Multifunction Copier 1

Multimedia Projector 1

Camera 3

Cars 5

Spectral Radiometer 1

Pressure chamber 4

Centrifuge 1

Titrator 1

Blender 2

Potentiometer 1

UV / Vis spectrophotometer 1

Glass washer 1

Benchtop refractometer 1

Pocket refractometer (portable) 1

Deionizer 1


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Material Number

Surveillance cameras 9

Soil moisture probes 2

RAC 1

Server 1

Data loggers 4

Climate control 5

Binocular magnifying lens 2

Magnifying lens 1

Stove 1

Microvinification vats 10

Minipress 1

6. RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (R&D)

6.1. Anchor Projects

6.1.1. Climate Changes

The development of this anchor project was based on three complementary actions: “Evaluation of the climate of

the Douro Region – by analysing the past, present and future climate behaviour to produce wine” as well as by

using the definitions of efficient adaptation and by forecasting strategy influences on wine quality. These actions,

which were promoted and sponsored by the Douro Region Wine Cluster, have integrated various important players

from the “ClimeVineSafe” projects, who had the task of developing short-term measures to mitigate the effects of

climate change and support the “Evolution Modelling of Wine Quality in the RDD” project.

6.1.1.1 Impact of Climate Change on Viticulture in the Douro Region

To carry out this anchor project component dedicated to understanding the climate in the Douro Region, the ADVID

collaborated with prestigious American scientist Professor. Dr. Gregory Jones (Southern Oregon University), an

expert on the effects of climate change on viticulture. The work consisted in the analysis, stabilisation and

credibility of existing climate databases and structuring new approaches to interpret the regional climate,

contributing to a better understanding, which is an essential condition for projecting future scenarios. The main

2012 results of this collaboration were the following activities:

Conclusion of tasks contracted in collaboration with Professor Gregory Jones (Southern Oregon University,

Oregon USA), relative to the component "Climate Assessment in the Douro Region" as well as the support

for complementary studies on atmospheric circulation effects in the development of grapevine and local

production, support for the development and calibration of a reference index (benchmark) to the vintage

quality, product development to improve the spatial resolution of climate data for the region and the


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development and calibration of a zoning model for local production variability and phenology mapping of

the Douro Region.

Project result publication in the book "A Climate Assessment for the Douro Wine Region: An Examination

for the Past, Present and Future Conditions for Wine Production", ADVID, 98 pages.

Presentation of the main results in the seminar "Alterações Climáticas na Produção de Vinho. Visão

global e avaliação da situação na Região do Douro [Climate Change in Wine Production. Global Overview

and assessment of the situation of the Douro Region]" at the Luso-American Foundation in Lisbon, and at

Porto Customhouse, on 12 and 13 April.

Publication of the work "Impacts of Climate Change on Wine Production: A Global Overview and

Regional Assessment in the Douro Valley of Portugal" in the “International Journal on Global Warming

(IJGW)”. Gregory V. Jones and Fernando Alves, Vol. 4, No. 3/4, 2012.

Participation in the IX Congrés International Terroirs Vitivinicoles, on 25 and 29 June at Dijon (Burgundy)

and Reims (Champagne), with analysis and characterisation of climate conditions on Portuguese vines

presented in "Spatial analysis of climate in wine grape growing regions in Portugal".

Compilation and structure of phenological information to develop phenological mapping of the main RDD

grapes and climate influence on the definition of different vegetative cycle phases.

6.1.1.2 Short-term strategies for climate change mitigation in viticulture (ClimeVINE

Safe)

Preparation of field tests, choice of plots and procedures to deploy in order to investigate the behaviour both

in pots and in commercial grapevine situations.

Launch and selection process for a FCT scholarship to support experimental trials and data collection for the

project.

Conducting field tests in plots at Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, Quinta do Vallado.

Preparing scenarios for the RDD together with earlier simulations of climate change by using high-resolution

Ensemble downscaling. As a result of this work, the following study was concluded: "Ensemble projections for

wine production in the Douro Valley of Portugal". J. A. Santos & S. D. Grätsch & M. K. Karremann & G. V. Jones

& J. G. Pinto. Journal “Climatic Change”. Online Publication on 13 July 2012.

In addition to project development, the following work was prepared and submitted for publication in the

journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment: "Very high resolution bioclimatic zoning of Portuguese wine

regions: present and future scenarios" Fraga, H.; Malheiro, A. C.; Moutinho-Pereira, J.; Jones, G. V.; Alves, F.;

Pinto, J. G. 4,5; Santos, J. A.


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6.1.1.3 Modelling the Evolution of RDD Wine Quality

Supporting benchmark development to assess the quality of the harvest was achieved with the participation of

Professor Gregory Jones by following the collaboration agreement with ADVID.

Following the activity in question, the following work was prepared:

Progress report of the PhD project (FEUP): "Modelação da qualidade do vinho na Região do

Douro [Modelling the quality of the wine in the Douro Region]".

“A new method to obtain a consensus ranking of a region’s vintages' quality”. José Borges,

António C. Real, J. Sarsfield Cabral and Gregory V. Jones. Published in the Journal of Wine

Economics, Volume 7, Issue 01, May 2012.

The XIX Prova Anual de Vinhos de Vindima (XIX Annual Vintage Wine Tasting) on 15, 18, 22 and 23 May 2012,

at the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (ESB) (School of Biotechnology), Porto. Sixty-six wines were tasted, 31

were "generous" and 35 fit in the Douro region.


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Fig. 1 - Distribution of the tasted samples, by type of wine and grape variety. (QM - Mean quality; QR - Representative Quality; TR –

“Tinta Roriz”, TN – “Touriga Nacional”, TF – “Touriga Franca”, TA – “Tinta Amarela”, SO – “Sousão”, TC – “Tinto Cão”

6.1.1.4 Management of grapevine water and heat stress

This project aimed to explore the effects of different water regimes on the viticultural and oenological behaviour of

the Touriga Nacional grape variety. This project started in 2012, and the Quinta dos Aciprestes, Quinta do Noval

and Quintas da Canameira e Grifo were used as reference plots in the high Douro region.

With the extension of the spatial monitoring of grapevine water status for the high Douro region, we sought to

assess the basis for services development for members, which started in 2012. Three farms have acceded to this

process (see Point 8 - Services). In brief, the objectives and work performed were completed in the Quinta dos

Aciprestes (Soutelo do Douro).

In this experiment, the vine water status had been monitored since 2002 and was subject to three drop-by-drop

irrigation depths (0%, 30% and 60% of ETc - Corrected Potential Evapotranspiration). Predawn leaf water potential

follow-up was made between June and the end of September.

We observed the maturation evolution through the analysis and summary of the phenolic components. The

productive parameter behaviour of the different modalities was observed in grapevines.

This project included the work "Influence of climate and deficit irrigation on grapevine physiology, yield

and quality attributes of the cv Touriga Nacional at Douro Region" presented at the IX Congrés

International Terroirs Vitivinicoles (Dijon/Reims, France).

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In this test plot, which was installed in a vineyard organised into micro levels in rows, two modes (0% and 30% of

the ETc) with three replications were investigated. The irrigation amount was lower than those of the other test

sites because there was a smaller need for watering as identified by monitoring and the observation of predawn

leaf water potential. We evaluated productive and qualitative parameters, and prepared a report on the results of

the study at Quinta do Noval.

Quinta da Canameira / Grifo (Barca d´Alva)

To investigate the response of the Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca varieties in an environment with more

water-stress, new observation plots were defined in 2011 in the high Douro for monitoring the predawn leaf water

potential, maturation and production. In 2012, we continued observing the evolution of predawn water potential

and the response of productive and qualitative parameters in terms of water stress in a study predefined by ETPc

and monitored by the predawn water potential. Result reports were made and discussed with the Rozès Vinhos SA.

6.1.2. Eligible areas of grapevine crop potential

The preparation and development of contacts and meetings with partners and companies with expertise in the

area of remote sensing were carried out to support zoning processes and precision viticulture.

The mapping of spatial analysis for physiographic parameters of the region were developed to classify the plots.

Preparatory work for the implementation of a web mapping platform (transfer of information) was done to support

the quality potential management of the vineyards.

6.1.3. Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture

Increasing functional biodiversity in vineyards (value creation) was accomplished, which valued the establishment

of ecological corridors and reduced pesticide inputs. The anchor project "Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture" is

supported by three projects sponsored by different financing sources, namely "The green infrastructure in

conservation biological protection against pests in the vineyard - IEE", "ECOVITIS - Maximising ecosystem services in

the grapevine business," and "BioDiVine - Demonstration of functional biodiversity in the landscape". We will

summarise the main 2012 achievements. These actions converge to one main goal as follows: to promote the

maintenance of productive agricultural system sustainability and create value through ecosystem services. Today,

the actions expected for the IEE project are part of the ECOVITIS project.


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6.1.3.1 BIODIVINE (Demonstration of functional biodiversity in landscape wine - LIFE

+)

Monitoring Actions

Monitoring arthropods

The sampling location was changed; during the first year, it was located in five distinct habitats, and in the second

year, it was a grapevine habitat assessment according to the composition of the landscape. For this study, the 25

sampling points were located at a distance of 1 km to permit the analysis of a buffer per sampling point of 500 m,

for a total of 2000 hectares for an analysis of the landscape composition associated with the sampling point.

Similar to the experiments from 2011, arthropods were monitored by using combination traps (to catch flying

arthropods) and pitfall traps (for capturing terrestrial arthropods) from 25 plots located in the Cima Corgo sub

region (RDD). The captured material was classified by RBA method, recorded, photographed (to create a photo

library) and saved. This work was performed by the Master's student Nathan Pigeon and resulted in the

preparation of his thesis, which was disclosed to members.

Monitoring flora

Organisation of the flora monitoring protocol and training of the Master's student, who was responsible for surveys

intended for all European partners.

In each of the 25 sites, flora surveys were conducted during the month of March by a Master's student who was

hired for the project and developed a thesis called "Characterisation of the flora from six vineyards of Europe" on

the basis of a vegetation cover comparison observed at six project demonstration sites, which includes the Douro.

This work was performed by the MSc student Miren Pédehontaa, resulting in the preparation of her thesis, which

was also disclosed to members.

Monitoring bird life

During the month of October, bird monitoring was conducted in each of the 25 plots under observation by the

Laboratory of Applied Ecology team of UTAD, which was hired by ADVID for this purpose. This monitoring included

visual observations and listening to the birds present in the vineyard ecosystem for approximately 10 minutes per

site. Forty species of birds were observed in the vineyards, among which we highlight the following in order of

decreasing abundance: the European robin, the blackbird, the warbler, the European serin, the great tit, the

starling, the redstart and finches.

Monitoring invertebrate biodiversity in soil


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Ground cover plays an important role in soil protection (e.g., through the reduction of erosion, promotion of

organic matter and filtration of water resources), and it provides other ecosystem services such as the biological

control of pests and diseases, soil aeration and soil nutrient recycling. To monitor the biological activity of soil

(presence of invertebrates), two portions were delimited at the top, one with and one without cover crops located

in proximity to one another at Quinta do Seixo. For the monitoring, we used the easy "bait-blades" tool, which was

made from a plastic stick with 16 holes containing cellulose powder plus bran and activated charcoal flakes, which,

when eaten by soil invertebrates, provided an indication of biological activity in the soil. Within a given time

interval, the more holes that were empty, the more “bio-active” the soil was. The soil analysis (routine and

microbial biomass) has not yet been completed for result interpretation.

Monitoring mammals

The BioDivine project aims to monitor mammals in the grapevine ecosystem by using infrared (IR) cameras located

along the border area in three habitats of the study (1 - riparian gallery, 2 – woods, 3 - olive/vineyards with cover

crops). The impact of the presence of such infrastructure in the vineyard proximity was evaluated. At the end of the

first 12 weeks of monitoring, between December 2012 and February 2013, a brief assessment of collected material

was done with short films recorded when mammals crossed the area by using IR cameras.

In descending order of frequency records, we highlight the presence of the following mammals: 1st

rabbit (164

records), 2nd fox (68 records), 3rd boar (29 records), 4th mouse (20 records), 5th ferret (6 records) and 6th hedgehog

(4 records).

We found that all three habitats located in the monitored vineyards captured a large number of videos. The highest

frequency of records was observed in one of the olive tree orchards with ground cover, most likely because this

orchard is connected to a large wooded area.

Implementation of conservation actions

Demonstration actions were prepared (in relation to ground cover, redefinition of headlands, hedge installation

and mating disruption for grape moths).

In December 2012, ADVID launched a bid for its members to take advantage of funding (50%) to implement 5

conservation actions for the promotion of ecosystem services: C1-ground cover, C2-installation of hedges, C3-

promoting biodiversity, C4-use of non-chemical control methods (pheromones for mating disruption), C5-

reorganisation of headlands. Three of these five actions were adopted to a greater extent by members, namely the

C1-ground cover (expected 12.5 hectares of green cover), C2-installation of hedges (planned to install 2600 metres

of hedgerows) and C4-use of non-chemical control methods (planned to install 22 hectares of pheromones). Two of

these actions are to be implemented in the spring of 2013 (C2 and C4).


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Dissemination of actions

Development of the project webpage available at www.biodivine.eu

At the Conference OILB "Landscape management for functional biodiversity" held on 7 and 10 May 2012 in

Lleida (Spain), the paper “Monitoring arthropod diversity in Douro wine region vineyards” was

presented.

Measures to disseminate the preliminary results on 3 September and 25 October for ADVID members.

Workshop "Instalação de sebes no ecossistema vitícola" (Installation of hedgerows in the grapevine

ecosystem), 29 October, Pinhão.

Management and monitoring meeting in Villafranca de Penedes (Catalonia - Spain) on 10 and 11 May.

Follow-up and project management meeting in Limoux (France) on 17 and 18 October.

6.1.3.2 EcoVitis - Maximising ecosystem services in viticulture

Monitoring the impact of ecological infrastructures with chromotropic traps

To assess the impact of woods on the presence of arthropods in the vineyard and thereby explain its importance in

the infrastructure of the project, we placed yellow sticky traps in two plots of Quinta das Carvalhas and in one plot

of Quinta de Arnozelo in early May. In the Quinta das Carvalhas plots, there were three modes, each of which had

four replicates (i.e., traps), according to how distant they were from the woods: 0, 25 m and 50 m. In the Quinta do

Arnozelo, the same distances were used although only one trap was set at 0 m as a consequence of logistical issues.

Three traps were set at each of the other two distances. The traps were observed weekly for a total of 24 weeks to

record the captured arthropods. These arthropods totalled 13,286 individuals, which were distributed along the

different distances/replicates that were screened to identify their order or, when possible, their family. We also

separated them by trophic groups, i.e., parasitoids, predators, phytophagous and unknown, as we proceeded with

the material sampled in 2011.

Impact assessment of ecological infrastructure in the presence of grape moth parasitoids

At two different time intervals (May-June and September-October), which represents the 1st

and 3rd

generations of

the grape moth, and in various locations of the farms that comprise the project, caterpillars were collected to be

grown under lab conditions in order to obtain parasitoids and evaluate their importance. Collection was not made

during the 2nd

generation because of their low incidence during that year of analysis. In total, 743 moth specimens

were collected, of which 41.7% were parasitised. A total of 91.4% of the parasitoids were Elachertus affinis. The

remaining specimens were sent to the Natural History Museum of Paris to be identified by entomologist Dr. Claire


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Villemant. The UTAD researcher responsible for flora, António Crespí, together with the ADVID team, made floristic

inventories of the plant communities analysed in our activities.

Prospecting parasitoids of grapevine mealybugs

In the parasitoid evaluation, observations were made on the complex associated with grapevine mealybugs (life

cycle, natural enemies and evaluation of the impact of the landscape on pest occurrence and action of natural

limiting factors). These observations were made for the September/October vintage by the UTAD team together

with the ADVID team. The number of grape clusters attacked by either coccidian or pseudo-coccidian mealy bugs

was recorded. A total of 68 plots were observed, of which 57.4% were attacked by mealybugs (44.1% pseudo-

coccidian and 25% coccidian). The projects were restarted in early December in order to analyse the population

dynamics of mealybugs during the winter. To obtain in depth information, observations were made at two project

sites and were extended to other two plots that were not previously included in the project because there was a

greater incidence observed there.

Application of grape moth mating disruption in the Douro region

Pheromones for mating disruption were applied with the same resources used in 2011 (ISONET - LTT, each

containing 300 mg (E, Z)-7,9-dodecadienyl acetate - sex pheromone from the grape moth Lobesia botrana), in the

entirety of those 5 sites planned for the project. The applied 173 ha area was larger than that from 2011. It was not

possible to make observations because the action a) of phase 1 of the project was not concluded. Diffusers based

on the use of GIS had not yet been developed. The results were described in a preliminary report made by

technicians at the sites following method efficiency evaluation.

Evaluating the presence of other grape moths (Ephestia sp.)

Over the course of the project's development, we observed the occurrence, in significant numbers, of "other

moths" (i.e., larvae from other Lepidopteran species causing damage similar to that generated by the species

commonly called grape moth), in addition to L. botrana, at Quintas das Carvalhas, S. Luiz and Arnozelo. In response

to the importance of these insects (mostly individuals of the genus Ephestia) and the possibility of their

interference in the use of mating disruption to combat L. botrana, we decided to devote attention to these pests

within this project. Therefore, we contacted Italian researchers who had experienced this identical situation in Italy.

From this contact, samples of collected material were sent to Dr. Andrea Lucchi Coltivazione and Difesa delle Specie

Legnose at the Department of Rural Entomology in Pisa, Italy for identification. In parallel, we sought to explain the

occurrence of such insects, which allowed us to establish positive correlations between their populations and the

dehydration of clusters, the occurrence of blossom drop and Glomerella cingulata (Stonemam) attack. These

studies should continue to clarify the real importance of this problem and its impact on mating disruption methods


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to combat L. Botrana.

Isolation and analysis of entomopathogenic fungi and their genetic diversity as associated with the cultivation of

vineyards in the Douro Region

The use of entomopathogenic fungi is an important tool in pest biological control, whether in conventional

agriculture, organic farming or integrated production. The development of methodologies to identify or

unequivocally characterise the species of fungi found in the Douro region is therefore one of the priorities of this

area of research. The methodology, which employed Tenebrio molitor larvae as a trap, was adequate for the

isolation of entomopathogenic fungi from the soil. Studies conducted in 2012 showed the occurrence of

entomopathogenic fungi from the genera Beauveria, Metarhizium and Lecanicillium. There was also the emergence

of a new species, located in different parts of the vineyard, which is undergoing sequencing and molecular

identification. The genetic work in progress will optimise the biotic potential of natural entomopathogenic fungi

populations to combat pests.

Dissemination actions

"Biodiversity Week" was promoted in May, with several activities and the presence of Professor Steve Wratten

(Lincoln University):

" Valuing Ecosystem Services in Viticulture Activity"

Professor Steve Wratten (Lincoln University), one of the leading experts in functional biodiversity in the viticulture

field, attended this workshop to share his experience in this area. The following communications were presented:

o "Conservation Biological Protection in the Alto Douro vineyards. Associated ecosystem services" (Laura

Torres, CITAB-UTAD)

o "Functional biodiversity of the soil: What is the role of entomopathogenic fungi?" (Guilhermina Marques,

UTAD)

o "Biodiversity of plants and arthropods associated with RDD vintages " (Cristina Carlos, ADVID)

o "Biodiversity in viticulture - Essays in Sogevinus and Real Companhia Velha" (José Manso, SOGEVINUS, Rui

Soares, REAL COMPANHIA VELHA)

o "Conservation of Genetic Resources of the Grapevine in Portugal. A challenge to the sustainability of the

wine sector" (António Graça, SOGRAPE)

o "Biodiversity in vineyards - Worth the bother", (Steve Wratten, Lincoln University, NZ)

o Poster presentation "Flora Arthropods of the Douro Region" (Cristina Carlos et al.)


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“Biodiversity - Value added in Wine?” (Infowine forum 2012)

For the Infowine.forum 2012, the Institutional Module "Biodiversity - Value added in Wine?" was organised under

the following program:

o Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the landscape of the Alto Douro wine region. Laura Torres (CITAB-

UTAD).

o Functional biodiversity in vineyards of the Douro Region - environmental benefits and value creation.

Cristina Carlos (ADVID).

o Conservation of genetic resources of the grapevine in Portugal. A challenge to the sustainability of the wine

sector. António Graça (Sogrape Vinhos S.A.).

o Green-valued products (green) in the external market. Nuno Vilela (Sinergiae Ambiente) and José Maria

Soares Franco (Duorum Vinhos S.A.).

o Functional biodiversity in the vineyard of the Douro region, management and promotion. Personal

experience of sogevinus fine wines, S.A. Mr. José Manso (Sogevinus, Quintas S.A).

o Functional biodiversity in the vineyards of the Douro region, management and promotion. Personal

experience of Real Companhia Velha. Mr. Rui Soares (Real Companhia Velha).

“Bird watching at Quinta das Carvalhas” Session

Birds and their role in biodiversity. Example of the Black Wheatear (Bird Port) – Bird watching session.

The following works were also presented:

"Biodiversity of plants and arthropods in key ecological structures of vineyards of the Alto Douro

region", at the OILB Conference “Landscape management for functional biodiversity” on 7 and 10 May

2012, at Lleida (Spain).

"Report biodiversity/sustainability and added value" in the workshop “Viticulture and biodiversity, good

agricultural practices and value added”. State Agriculture Department, the Palace Square, Lisbon, 20

November.

"The importance of diversity in the perspective of the industry". Seminar: "Grapevine diversity,

sustainability factor of the wine sector and of the territory" held in Palmela, 22 November.

"Maximising Grapevine Ecosystem Services in the Douro Region". Day of innovation in UTAD. UTAD, Vila

Real, 28 November.

"Biodiversity in landscape management and supporting plant protection (functional)". VINIPORTUGAL

annual forum with the theme "Sustainability applied to wine." Palácio da Bolsa, Porto, 28 November.


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6.1.4 Assessing the oenological potential of grapes

We held meetings and made contact with members and partner organisations of the Cluster to carry out the

following:

Redefine the specifications for project development;

List activities to develop, elect representative parameters and choose the application process and

technology to implement.

Developing contacts with organisations and companies that hold prototypes and equipment in the

validation phase;

Submission of grant application to SAESCTN in co-promotion with the University of Porto (School of

Pharmacy - laboratory-associated REQUIMTE) and College of Engineering, for the project "iGrape:

definition and establishment of quality indices for wine grapes”. This project, which is a collaboration

between ICETA, ADVID and INESC, aims to assess the current situation in terms of producer grape

valuation and developing a strategy to integrate the available information by some indices that can be

used in the future as credible indicators of grape quality, and to implement one analytical technique for in-

situ maturation measurement of grapes in the vineyard during the ripening period (infrared spectroscopy);

Validation of methodologies (already initiated);

Developing contacts with organisations and companies holding prototypes and equipment in the

validation phase.

6.1.5 Preservation of grape vine genetic variability

In continuing the 2011 projects, we kept exploring and harvesting plant material from 23 vineyards with 74

different grape varieties and 395 plants, for a total of 25 plots/winemakers.

In line with this 2012 activity (diversity preservation and study of plant material characteristics), we also conducted

the following:

Monitoring of clonal selection fields in Quinta da Granja in Alijó - property of member "Companhia Geral

da Agricultura do Norte" during grafting and data collection for the vintage.

Collection of field rods for clone selection in the RDD to transfer to the experimental hub of Pegões.

Implementation and monitoring of two Tinta Roriz variety selection fields using grafting technology in

order to establish a more expeditious method of obtaining results. Clone material was collected and the

experimental design was elaborated.


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6.1.6 Sustained Viticultural Production

The action and promotion plans were developed by ADVID and Vinideas, Ltd.

Materials were supplied by ADVID for the VINIDEAS platform;

Information collection on reference plots according to the model prepared by ADVID, following the plot

structure by utilisation levels according to the execution model discussed with associate members, who agreed

with the information collection;

Information collection and processing to support research activity and experimentation, decision-making by

winemakers, plant protection strategies for vineyards, soil conservation and vegetation maintenance.

Predictions of the harvest potential in the Douro Region were made, which were based on the pollen project

results in collaboration with the IVDP and College of Sciences, University of Porto.

The study "Effects of rootstock and environment on Portuguese grape varieties in the Douro region" was

developed and a paper was presented at the IX Congrés International Terroirs Vitivinicoles (Dijon/Reims).

The communication "Prediction method of harvest in Douro" was presented during the seminar "Technological

innovations in grapevines and wine", which was included in the II Wine Meetings-Vinho Verde, as organised by the

Order of Engineers - College of Agricultural Engineering.

"Production Forecast for 2012 vintage" workshop, Régua, 12 July.

"Importance of controlling ripening grapes" workshop. Régua, 25 July.

"Viticultural Year 2012 - Balance" workshop. Solar do IVDP, Régua, 3 December.

6.1.7 Rationalisation of the hillside vineyard

Following approval of the application submitted to the SIAC called "Rationalisation of hillside vineyards - Mapping

of landslides", the main objective of which is based on the elaboration of mapping to support risk identification and

support investment decisions by enterprises, information-gathering devices were initiated.

In addition to the compilation and processing of climate information, an event log and GIS information were

prepared to support the project.

Meetings were held with the Department of Physical Geography, University of Porto, to refine the methodologies

for mapping the susceptibility to slope movements.


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6.1.7.1 Economic Observatory

This study was used to establish the Economic Observatory for the School of Economics at the University of Porto,

and the necessary methodology was defined, with particular attention to the "Development of a Composite Model

for Determining the Value of the Grapevine" and "Web Deployment Model of Valuation of the Grapevine.”

6.1.8. Skills Development - Training and Dissemination

“Ampelography - Course II” (56 h)

In response to the success of the ampelography courses provided in 2010 and 2011, ADVID conducted

"Ampelography - Course II" in 2012.

This course focused on the ampelographic identification and characterisation of the grape varieties recommended

for the RDD. This course used the Ampelographic Collection of Quinta de Santa Barbara, visits to the National

Ampelographic Collection in Dois Portos (INRB) and the Experimental Centre for Conservation of Native Variability

of Vines by PORVID (Portuguese Association for Grapevine Diversity), in Pegões.

Mr. Mário Cardoso (DRAP-N) was invited to instruct the course, which also had the support of the IVDP classifiers.

Photo 1 – Field session to characterise ampelographic grape varieties. Photo 2 – The course instructor, Mr. Mario Cardoso (DRAP-N)

Training courses for winegrowers

Application to POPH, Measure 2.3. - Certified Modular Training with training in Agricultural and Animal Production,

was submitted in late 2011, and it was approved in the second half of 2012, with a total of 14250 training hours. It

began in July 2012, and various courses had already been completed in 2012. The three courses are described

below.

Table 2 –POPH courses, conducted in 2012

Course Period Length Number of graduates

Pruning and grafting in viticulture 11-07 to 27-12-2012 50 h 16

Plant protection product application 23-11 to 7-11-2012 65 h 17

Regulation, operation and maintenance of machinery and equipment 13-11 to 6-12-2012 50 h 19


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Training Courses for Technicians

For PRODER, we promoted courses called "Integrated Production Vineyard" (168 h) and "General Organic

Agriculture" (140 h) to target technicians from the viticulture sector.

The campaign "Building a Capacity Network for Promoting Employability - Douro” was submitted to “Promotion

and Institutional Capacity Building - Institutional Networks 2010 - Axis V", which had the objective of promoting

employability in the Douro region in 2012. The organisations promoting the project, namely DREN and IEFP, were

restructured and they left both the campaign and the project.

We are still waiting for a decision on the application for ON2 funding, which was submitted in Feb. 2011 and

entitled "Continuous Assessment of the Technological Status of Viticulture in the Douro Region".

Photo 3 - Graduates of the Course in Organic Agriculture. Photo 4 - Graduates of Integrated Production in the Vineyard.

6.2. Complementary R&D Projects

6.2.1. Evaluating the effectiveness of treatments to combat grapevine Oidium at

early stages of the vegetative cycle.

We continued to test a plot located in the Cima Corgo with the Tinta Roriz grape variety. The goal was to evaluate

the treatment efficacy during early phases of the vegetative cycle. Treatments were positioned between bud burst

and pre-flowering (14 days) to control the eventual primary infections during a powdered sulphur shortage that

resulted from low temperatures (low efficiency of sulphur powder). Four treatments were applied: 1 - Control; 2 -

Application of 3 treatments with wettable sulphur before pre-flowering; 3 - Foliar treatments during the vegetative

phase and another during pre-flowering; 4 - Only one treatment in the pre-flowering stage with an IBE. The attack

intensity within the vintage was evaluated by recording the incidence and severity of damaged bunches


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Table 3 - Current Status of Anchor Projects

Flagship Projects Typology Current situation Observations

Proposed funding 163,582.00 P roposed funding 28,138.00

Eligible funding 163,582.00 Eligible funding 28,138.00

Financial Support 163,582.00 Financial Suppo rt 28,138.00




M odeling the Evo lution o f RDD Wine

Quality. PhD pro ject from FEUP .

PhD f rom FEUP. M odelling the evolut ion

of RDD wine quality.

Ongoing, ADVID

funding__ 9,000.00

__9,000.00

2. Zoning o f Viticultural Po tential o f

the Douro Demarcated RegionPRODER In preparat ion. Submit in 2013.

Ongoing, ADVID

funding__ __

Proposed funding 1,951,043.00 P roposed funding 109,602.00

Eligible funding 1,951,043.00 Eligible funding 109,602.00


9,000.00 9,000.00

Proposed funding 1,042,618.18 P roposed funding 206,544.97



4. Biodiversity Preservation of

Grapevine Varieties

PRODER – Action 2.3.1 Conservation and

Improvement o f Genetic Resources

Approved. PA no. 18661. Leader ent ity

dropped out and the PA was annulled.

Ongoing. ADVID

funding




Submit ted. Under analysis

Submit ted. Under analysis


Approved SIAC 23300 Eligible funding 119,650.62 Eligible funding 119,650.62


SIAC Transferred from Regional to Nat ional

SIAC in 2013




ON2 – M easure – “ Institutional

Promo tion and Capacity Building –

Institutional Netwo rks 2010 – Axis V.

“ Institutional Capacity Building Netwo rk

for Pro mo ting Employability - Douro

Regio n”

Approved

Lead organisat ion

withdrew and the PA

was cancelled

7º PQ -Intelligent Service Oriented

M anagement System fo r P recision

Viticulture (IM PROVE). Application Store

fo r SM ES

7º PQ Intelligent Service Oriented

M anagement System for Precision

Viticulture (VEGSTORE) - Application

Sto re fo r GM ES Vegetation Services

___

M aximising Vineyard Ecosystem Services.

PRODER, M ed 4.1-Cooperação para a

Ino vação

Approved PA 24042Ongoing, PRODER

funding

8. Competency Develo pment –

Training and Dissemination

POPH, M easure 2.3. – Certified M odular

Fo rmationsApproved. PA no. 075638/2012/23 Ongoing

6. Sustainable Viniculture

Production

PRODER, Action 4.2.2 – Info rmation and

Dissemination Thematic Netwo rksApproved. PA no. 14368

Ongoing. PRODER

funding

7. Rasionalisation o f

Implementation o f Hillside VineyardSIAC Ongoing. COM PETE

funding

5. Assessment o f Oenological

Aptitude o f GrapesSA ESCTN (FCT) iGrape Submit ted. Under analysis

3. . Functional B iodiversity in

Viticulture

B ioDiVine (Life+ Nature and B iodiversity

2009)

Ongoing. Project LIFE9

NAT/FR/000584.

Partnership with 7

ent it ies f rom 3 countries.

Life+ funding

ADVID funding

Eco logical infrastructures in the bio logical

protection o f conservation against

vineyard pests. PhD pro ject from

ADVID/UTAD.

Ongoing. PhD f rom UTAD ADVID funding

Total funding

___

ADVID funding

1. 1. Impact o f Climate Change on

Viticulture of the Douro Demarcated

Region. M anagement o f water

relations.

SA ESCTN – Short-term climate change

mitigation strategies in M editerranean

viticulture (ClimVineSafe);

Approved. Project no. º PTDC/AGR-

ALI/110877/20Ongoing. FCT funding

Climate assessment in the RDD (SIAC); Parcial support SIAC - 7607Concluded, COM PETE +

ADVID funding


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7. DISSEMINATION, COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING

7.1. Production of informational support material

The following informational support material was produced in 2012:

7 lists of plant protection products approved for integrated production

15 newsletters (bulletins)

10 leaflets about phytosanitary monitoring and other information

Table 4 – Lists, newsletters and leaflets produced in 2012.

List of Plant Protection Products Approved for Integrated Protection Date

List of approved herbicides for IP - 2012 19-Jan

List of anti-Phomopsis fungicides approved for IP - 2012 16-Mar

List of anti-mildew fungicides approved for IP- 2012 4-Apr

List of anti-powdery mildew fungicides approved for IP - 2012 4-Apr

List of insecticides and acaricides approved for IP - 2012 19-Jun

List of black rot fungicides approved for IP - 2012 19-Jun

List of Botrytis bunch rot fungicides - 2012 10-Jul

Newsletters Data

Newsletter 01 - Training Balance 12-Jan

Newsletter 02 - Herbicides - Support Elements for Use in IP 24-Feb

Newsletter 03 – Conditionality Rules March 2012

Newsletter 04 - Grapevine Integrated Production - Technical Guidelines March 2012

Newsletter 05 - Integrated Production Mode (IPM) March 2012

Newsletter 06 – Organic Production Mode (BPM) March 2012

Newsletter 07- Integrated Territorial Intervention in the Douro Wine Region - ITI DV March 2012

Newsletter 08- Single Payment Scheme (SPS) - General Principles March 2012

Newsletter 09- Maintenance of Agricultural Activity in Less Favoured Areas - MLFA March 2012

Newsletter 10 - Help with Wine Distillation March 2012

Newsletter 11 - Supplements for Olive Oil and Table Olives March 2012

Newsletter 12 - Analyses of Soil and Plants 22-May

Newsletter 13 - Black Rot - Support Elements for Identification and Control 31-May

Newsletter 14 - Viticultural Year 2012- Forecast Harvest Potential 12-Jul

Newsletter 15 - Viticultural Year 2012 13-Dec


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Pamphlets about phytosanitary monitoring and other information Date

Pamphlet 01-12 - Evolution of Drought - Harvest Year 2011-2012 1-Mar

Pamphlet 02-12 - Evolution of Mildew and Powdery Mildew 24-Apr

Pamphlet 03-12 - Evolution of Mildew and Powdery Mildew in the RDD 8-May

Pamphlet 04-12 - A New Period of Empty Container Collection 14-May

Pamphlet 05-12 - Evolution of Mildew and Powdery Mildew in the RDD 22-May

Pamphlet 06-12 - Evolution of Powdery Mildew, Black Rot and Mildew. Foliar Analysis IP 5-Jun

Pamphlet 07-12 - Powdery Mildew, Black Rot, Moths and Leafhoppers 18-Jun

Pamphlet 08-12 - Powdery Mildew, Mildew, Grapevine Moth and Leafhopper 2-Jul

Pamphlet 09-12 - Maturation Analyses 23-Jul

Pamphlet 10-12 - Grapevine Moth and Leafhopper 14-Aug

ADVID also produced the following:

Brochures to disseminate information about the BIODIVINE product (Life+) - Demonstration of

functional biodiversity in vineyard landscapes.

The book "A Climate Assessment for the Douro Wine Region: An Examination of the Past, Present

and Future Conditions for Wine Production", which presents the results of the project “Climate

changes and wine production”.

Technical Bulletin No. 5 - Powdery Mildew of the Grapevine

Photo 5 – Examples of promotional material.


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7.2. Acquisition of knowledge

7.2.1. Participation in events

We present a summary of the set of main actions in which ADVID participated to exchange experience and

acquire knowledge.

Table 5 – Participation in events

Date Location Event Topic Number of participants

2-Feb Porto University, Porto.

ADVID forum at the U. of Porto Cluster publicity, and exposure for the sector partnership.

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24-Feb Mirandela Debriefing Session- "The CAP POST 2013". Common Agricultural Policy. 300

27-Feb IPTM, Régua.

Debriefing Session- "Restructuring and Conversion of Vineyards (RARRV) - Campaign 2012/2013 and Integrated Territorial Interventions of Douro Wine Region - Agro-Environmental and Non-Productive Investment Support".

Organisation of the application process and formalisation of payment claims on RARRV and agro-environmental (ITI-DW) applications.

100

2-Mar Qta Vallado, Vilarinho Freires.

Work Session - Proposed amendment to the "List of grape varieties from the IVV".

Discussion with members and partners about amendments to the list of IVV varieties.

8

9-Mar Paris Meeting of the ad hoc CO2 group. Integrated into the working sessions for national representatives in the OIV working groups.

25

13-Mar SEECI, Lisbon. Meeting with the Secretary of State for Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Innovation.

Presentation of the current situation of the Cluster and prospects for the future.

18

14-Mar Penalva do Castelo Work session- Syngenta Viticultural Balance. Establishing contacts. 50

22-Mar Quinta do Vallado, Vilarinho Freires

R & D German Group Reception.

Publicising and streamlining the Cluster. Establishing contacts and partnerships with researchers and technicians in German viticulture.

15

27-Mar Lisbon Participation in "Plant health and climate change" group

Working meeting within the ENAAC. Cluster publicity.

15

20-Apr Porto "Irrigation of vineyards, a necessity in the Vinho Verde region?" seminar

Presentation. 50

02-May Lisbon IFAP meeting. Establishing contacts and resolution of common interests.

4

15-May UTAD, Vila Real. "Sustainability of the Wine and Grapevine sector" conference.

Publicising/boosting the Cluster and networking.

150

15-May INRB - Dois Portos Seminar on the "Sustainability of the nursery growing sector of viticulture."

Conversion of vineyard planting material. Streamlining the Cluster.

40

24-May Viseu Black rot technical journey Motivation and dynamics of the Cluster. Establishing contacts. Discussion of strategies to combat black rot.

40


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Date Location Event Topic Number of participants

31-May Vila Real Theatre Infowine.forum 2012 Publicising/boosting the Cluster and networking.

400

2-Jun Zamora Participation at the XI Douro/Duero Meeting

Presentation and cluster publicity. 60

12-Jul Lisbon. Colloquium: "Organic wine - the market of the future?" organised by Interbio.

Knowledge sharing/publicising the Cluster. 50

17-Jul

State Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Lisbon.

Meeting with the Secretary of State for Forestry and Rural Development.

Presentation of the Flavescence dorée problem.

8

25-Jul DRAPN, Vila Real. " Flavescence dorée " workshop. Knowledge sharing/publicising the Cluster. 100

27-Jul Casa do Douro Seminar on the "Maintenance of terraces in the Douro Wine Region" organised by ITI - DV, SHE (Support of Local Structure).

ITI-DW measure (integrated territorial interventions - Douro Wine Region), Non-productive investments.

200

13-Sept Mirandela Debriefing session on working conditions with CAP and ACT-Authority

Knowledge sharing and dissemination of standards to be met in the agricultural sector.

50

1-Oct Coimbra Meeting of Centres and Clusters. Streamlining the network. 10

15-Oct IVV, Lisbon CNOIV General Council. Election of the technical-scientific committee.

20

18-Oct Hotel Régua Douro, Régua

Colloquium on "Fungi of the wood of the grapevine" organised by Viveiros Mercier.

Sharing knowledge and Cluster publicity 25

23-Oct Paris OIV - Meeting ad hoc CO2 group. Working sessions of the national representatives from the OIV working groups. Streamlining the Cluster.

25

25-Oct IVV, Lisbon "Wine - 10 years after Porter. Where are we and where do we want to go?" ACIBEV Conference.

Dynamisation of network and institutional relations.

ns

26-Oct Lisbon Symposium on Viticulture in the Lisbon Region.

Knowledge sharing. Cluster promotion and networking.

100

14-Nov Mirandela Debriefing session on the "Youth initiative impulse".

Presentation of various measures for the Youth Initiative and its application to the agricultural sector.

50

19-Nov Adega Cooperativa Ponte de Lima

Colloquium on Flavescence dorée organised by DRAPN.

Publicity campaign on Flavescence dorée . Promotion of Cluster and project.

200

14-Dec Régua Colloquium on the "World Heritage of the Alto Douro Wine Region. The past 10 Years, the coming 10 Years”.

Knowledge sharing and dissemination of the Cluster.

100


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7.2.2. Training

ADVID also provided their members with English Classes (48 h) to improve international networking

with various partners and institutions. In addition, it provided the course “Time Management, Stress

and Work Organisation” (21 h).

7.3. Knowledge Transfer

7.3.1. ADVID page on the Internet - www.advid.pt

In 2012, we developed a new ADVID web site to improve the communication and dissemination of wine

and grapevine information, including international and national partners and especially the ADVID

members. To meet this goal, we also developed an information management platform with access

restricted to members. The web page was finished and meteorological data are available for 2013.

7.3.2. Publicity Events

In pursuing the goals of the Plan of Action for the Wine Cluster of the Douro region, the ADVID held several

events for the transmission of knowledge and its endogenisation within the wine sector. These events

include workshops, symposia, lectures and visits. They are presented below in summary and are

chronologically organised:

Workshop “Touriga Franca”

Date: 30 January

Location: Régua

Invited speakers: Nuno Magalhães (Professor Emeritus of the UTAD) and Cristina Carlos (ADVID).


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Discussion panel:

Viticulture

- Ana Cristina Mota – Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, S.A.

- António Graça - Sogrape Vinhos, S.A.

- Diogo Frey Ramos – Montez Champalimaud, Lda.

- Francisco Olazabal - F. Olazabal & Filhos, Lda.

- Jose Carlos Fernandes – Fundação da Casa de Mateus (Casa de Mateus Foundation)

- José Manso - Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A.

- Luis Seabra - Niepoort (Wines), S.A.

- Maria Manuel Maia – Soc. Vinícola Terras de Valdigem, S.A. (Terras de Valdigem Wine Society)

- Pedro Leal da Costa – Symington, Vinhos S.A.

- Rui Soares - C.ª Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro (General Company of Agriculture of the

Vineyards of Alto Douro Region)

- Tomás Roquette - Quinta do Crasto, S.A.

Oenology

- António Agrellos - Quinta do Noval - Vinhos, S.A.

- Francisco Ferreira - Quinta do Vallado – Soc. Agrícola, Lda.

- Francisco Gonçalves - Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A.

- Jorge Moreira - C.ª Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro (General Company of Agriculture of

the Vineyards of Alto Douro Region)

- José Maria Soares Franco - Duorum Vinhos, S.A.

- Manuel Henrique - Rozès, S.A.

- Manuel Lobo – Quinta do Crasto, S.A.

- Mariana Brito – Lemos & Van Zeller, Lda.

- Paulo Coutinho - Sociedade Quinta do Portal, S.A. (Quinta do Portal Society)

- Ricardo Nunes - Churchill Graham, Lda.

- Sandra Tavares - Wine & Soul, Lda.

This workshop had the objective of reflecting the cultural and technical aspects of winemaking on the most

important grape varieties of the region.


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Photo 6 and 7 – Discussion panel on oenology (top) and viticulture (below).

Photo 8 – Audience in the auditorium of IVDP, in Régua. Photo 9 – Discussion panel on oenology and viticulture.

Workshop “Strategies for Weed Control in Organic Viticulture "

Date: 8 March

Location: Régua

Invited speakers: Mr. José Raul Ribeiro (Agrobio), Mr. José Carlos Marques (Development Services for

Organic Agriculture and Livestock Production of Madeira), Mr. Luis Seabra (Niepoort, Vinhos S.A) and

Mr. Mateus Nicolau de Almeida (João Nicolau de Almeida & Filhos, Lda.).

We intended to discuss cultural practices, which may confer success in weed management and

contribute to a good economic result when properly adapted.


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Photo 10 – Session Speakers. Photo 11 – Mr. José Raul Ribeiro (Agrobio), during his talk.

“Climate Change in the Production of Wine. Overview and Assessment of the Situation in

the Douro Region” Seminar

Date: 12 and 13 April

Location: Luso-American Foundation, Lisbon; Porto Customhouse, Porto.

Invited speakers: Dr. Greg Jones (SOU / ADVID), Prof. João Santos (UTAD - CITAB), Prof. Pedro Miranda

(IDL - FCT UN Lisboa), Mr. Charles Symington (Symington, Vinhos S.A.) and George Sandeman (Sogrape

Vinhos S.A.).

Given the importance of the topic to the national wine economy and particularly to the Douro Region, the

event was attended by the Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning, Dr. Assunção

Cristas, who opened the session in Lisbon.


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This seminar presented the conclusions of the ADVID study about the impacts of climate change on

viticulture, mainly providing details about observed and projected changes for wine regions worldwide and

their impacts on grapevine growth, grape composition, wine production and quality. The opportunities

and challenges related to climate change, especially for the Douro region, were also discussed.

Photo 12 - Opening of the session by the Minister of Agriculture, the Sea, the Environment and Spatial Planning, Dr. Assunção Cristas.

Photo 13 - Speakers attending the seminar at the time of the debate.

Photo 14 - Opening session of the seminar attended by the President of IVDP, Dr. Manuel Cabral. Photo 15 - Audience at the

Customhouse event at the city of Porto. Photo 16 - Dr. Gregory Jones (SOU / ADVID). Photo 17 - Mr. George Sandeman (Sogrape,

Vinhos S.A.).


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Workshop "Analysis of Vegetative Cycle Evolution - Bud Burst"

Date: 27 April

Location: Qta do Crasto, Sabrosa

Invited speaker: Dr. João Santos (UTAD)

On behalf of ADVID: Mr. Fernando Alves; Ms. Cristina Carlos, Ms. Maria do Carmo Val, Ms. Branca Teixeira

(ADVID).

This workshop presented a comparative analysis and balance of main events at the start of the 2011/2012

harvest year.

Photo 18 - Ms. Branca Teixeira during the presentation of her talk "Climate evolution in the 2011/12 harvest year." Photo 19 - Dr.

João Santos (UTAD), during his talk "Extreme precipitation in Portugal: the drought of 2012 as a case study."

Open Day at the University of Porto

Date: 4 May

Location: Qta do Vallado and Qta S. Luiz (Sogevinus Fine Wines)

The general goal of this event was to expose the needs of the sector and make them into the focus of

investigation.

The specific goals of the event were as follows:

Determinants of narrow terraces,

Observing practical spraying situations,

Analysing expeditious methods for determining foliar area,

Erosion control,

Broad terrace determinants - management of embankments,

Climate Modelling - Data collection - Micro sensors,

Zoning - Grape quality assessment


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“Wine Spoilage Yeast - Brettanomyces- Dekkera” Workshop

Date: 9 May

Location: IVDP auditorium, Régua

Invited Speakers: Prof. Manuel Malfeito Ferreira (Botany Department, Biological Engineering of the

Agronomy Institute), Dr. José António Couto (School of Biotechnology, Portuguese Catholic University),

Dr. Margarida Souto-Carneiro (Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra) and Dr.

Cátia Barbeta (Quinta do Crasto, S.A.).

This workshop presented an analysis of Brettanomyces and Dekkera in wine, which are spoilage yeasts

responsible for producing undesirable aromatic compounds, such as volatile phenols.

Photo 20 - Opening Session of the Workshop "Wine spoilage yeast - Brettanomyces-Dekkera". Photo 21 - Audience session in the

auditorium of IVDP, Régua.

Nineteenth Annual Test of Vintage Wines (XIX prova anual dos vinhos da vindima)

Date: 15, 18, 22 and 23 May

Location: School of Biotechnology, Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal

Photos 22 and 23 – Tasting room at the School of Biotechnology – UCP


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The first dates were reserved for "Douro" wine tasting and the following days were for "Generous" tastings

with software to collect the data.

A total of 66 wines were tested, with 31 generous wines (from 10 different companies) and 35 wines

suitable for Douro (from 9 different companies).

Biodiversity Week

Date: 28 - 31 May

Location: Demarcada do Douro Region

The purpose of this event was to raise awareness to either improve or maintain the productive

sustainability of the agricultural systems and create value through ecosystem services.

Biodiversity week was comprised of a set of diverse activities, from bird watching to thematic workshops.

”Bird Watching at Quinta das Carvalhas” Session

Date: 28 May

Location: Quinta das Carvalhas - Pinhão

Session Orientation: Paulo Travassos and Mário Santos - Laboratory of Applied Ecology (LEA/CITAB) at

the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), accompanied by viticulture technicians of the

Real Companhia Velha and ADVID. The event was also attended by one of the leading experts on

functional biodiversity, New Zealander Steve Wratten of the University of Lincoln.

Photo 24 - Prof. Paulo Travassos (LEA/CITAB – UTAD). Photo 25 – Group of researchers and participants during the bird watching

session.

Semana da Biodiversidade (biodiversity week)


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"Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Viticulture" Workshop

Date: 28 May

Location: Qta do Tedo, Tabuaço

Invited Speakers: Prof. Steve Wratten (Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University), Prof. Laura

Torres (CITAB /UTAD), Prof. Guilhermina Marques (CITAB /UTAD), Mr. José Manso (Sogevinus Fine

Wines), Mr. Rui Soares (Real Companhia Velha), Dr. António Graça (Sogrape, Vinhos S.A) and Cristina

Carlos (ADVID)

Moderator: Mr. Fernando Alves (ADVID)

This workshop came up after the first symposium on the theme from 2010 of "Biodiversity In Viticulture:

Creating Value Between Ecology And Economy/BIODIVERSIDADE EM VITICULTURA: CRIAÇÃO DE VALOR

ENTRE ECOLOGIA E ECONOMIA". The goal was to show the results of several functional biodiversity actions

related to viticulture and discuss them with the members.

Photo 26 – ADVID President, Mr. Manso, the Technical Director. Mr. Fernando Alves, at the opening of the event. Photo 27 -

Exhibition biodiversity in viticulture posters. Photo 28 - Prof. Steve Wratten (Lincoln University) during his talk.

Birds and their Role in Biodiversity. Example of the “Black Wheatear” (Port Wine Bird) –

Bird Watching Session.

Date: 29 May

Location: Duorum Vinhos, S.A. - Castelo Melhor.

This event, which was part of the project “Maximising Grapevine Ecosystem Services/Functional

Biodiversity in Viticulture”, was programmed to observe the Black Wheatear (Port Wine Bird).


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Photo 29 - Participants in the bird watching session, at Dourum Vinhos, S.A.

"Biodiversity - Added Value in Wine?" Institutional Module at Infowine.fórum2012

Location: Vila Real Theatre, Vila Real

Invited speakers: Prof. Laura Torres (CITAB- UTAD), Ms. Cristina Carlos (ADVID), Dr. António Graça

(Sogrape Vinhos S.A.), Mr. Nuno Vilela (Sinergiae Ambiente), Mr. Soares Franco (Duorum Vinhos S.A.),

Mr. José Manso (Sogevinus, Quintas S.A) and Mr. Rui Soares (Real Companhia Velha)

The topic of this edition was "Thinking Out of the Bottle". Several talks were provided by the module

organised by ADVID. The added value to wine by biodiversity was emphasised.

"Sustainability in Wine and Grapevine Production - Wine and Olive Oil Tastings” Field Trips

Date: 14-15 June

Location: UTAD, Vila Real

ADVID, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), the Centre for Agro-Environmental and

Biological Research and Technology (CITAB), the Confederation of Farmers of Portugal (CAP), the


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Association of Growers from Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (AOTAD) and the Regional Wine

Commission of Trás-os-Montes (CVRTM) organised this event together.

http://www.vitilabtek.com/sfv2012/

This event was used to discuss the current socio-cultural, environmental and economic changes with a

focus on the sustainability of wine and grapevine production. In this event, wine and oil tastings from

different Portuguese labels were available.

Photo 30 – Opening ceremony with the manager of PRODER, Dr. Gabriela Ventura. Photo 31 - Panel Workshop IV - Climate Change and Biodiversity, attended by members, employees and the ADVID board.

"2012 Vintage Production Forecast" Workshop

Date: 11 July

Location: Solar do IVDP, Régua

Invited speakers: ADVID technical team

Photo 32 and 33 – Ms. Branca Teixeira and Mr. Paulo Costa - Workshop “2012 Vintage Production Forecast”

This workshop was intended to give a comparative analysis of the main events from the 2011/2012

harvest year until flowering and veraison. The main climate occurrences and their impacts on the

vegetative cycle, especially on plant health and phenology, were presented.

In addition, the potential production forecast for the 2012 vintage was presented.


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"Importance of Grape Ripening Control" Workshop

Date: 25 July

Location: Solar do IVDP, Régua

Invited speakers: Mr. Stéphane Yerle (French winemaker and consultant in wine production) and Mr.

Manuel Henrique (Director of Production at Rozès, S.A.).

Photos 34 and 35 - Mr. Stéphane Yerle and Mr. Manuel Henrique during their talks.

This workshop was intended to accomplish the following:

• Define parameters of ripening evaluation;

• Standardise the users of the ripening analysis service proposed by ADVID for routine and phenolic

ripeness analysis;

• Evaluate grape quality potential.

"The Biodivine Project" Promotion

Date: 3 September

Location: IVDP Auditorium, at Rua da Ferreirinha - Régua

Speaker: Mr. Nathan Pigeon

The MSc. Student Nathan Pigeon, who works on the BIODIVINE project - Demonstrating biodiversity in the

viticulture landscape (LIFE09 NAT/FR/000584), made a presentation of the main results observed from

monitoring grapevine ecosystem biodiversity by using traps placed on the properties of some associates.

Open Day at the University of Porto

Date: 8 October

Visit: S. Martinho d`Anta - Sogevinus, Qta da Cavadinha - Symington, Quinta do Seixo - Sogrape

General goal of the event: The general goal of this event was to expose the needs of the sector and discuss


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them as possible subjects of investigation.

The specific objective was to talk with the University of Porto about ripening management, harvest and

harvest logistics, quality transfer (grape-wine), winemaking mechanisms and environmental management.

"Installation of Hedges in the Viticulture Ecosystem" Workshop

Date: 29 October

Location: Qta das Carvalhas, Pinhão.

Speakers: Ms. Cristina Carlos (ADVID), Prof. António Crespí (UTAD) and Mr. Nelson Lima (SERVIRURI)

With respect to the different projects BIODIVINE - Demonstrating biodiversity in viticulture landscapes

(LIFE +) and Maximising Vineyard Ecosystem Services (PRODER), this event was held to promote the

installation of hedges in order to promote some ecosystem services as natural limitations of pests, soil

protection and erosion control, reducing the drift effect of phytosanitary treatments, pollination,

regulation of the water cycle and climate, carbon sequestration and cultural services such as recreational

opportunities and leisure.

Photos 36,37,38 - Practical session on hedge installation. Photo 39 - Group of participants in the workshop.

"2012 Harvest Year - Balance" Workshop

Date: 3 December

Location: Auditorium IVDP, Régua

Speakers: ADVID technical team

In monitoring the events held during 2012 to analyse the harvest year progress, ADVID hosted a workshop


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for the final balance of the 2011/12 harvest year.

Photos 40 and 41 - Workshop audience “2012 Harvest Year - Balance”.

Table 6 - Summary of the 2012 Workshops

Date Workshops and Seminars Participants

30-Jan "Touriga Franca" workshop. Auditorium IVDP, Régua. 53

8-Mar “Strategies for Weed Control in Organic Viticulture" workshop. Auditorium IVDP, Régua.

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12 and 13 -Apr

"Climate Change in Wine Production. Overview and Assessment of the Situation in the Douro Region" seminar. Luso-American Foundation, Lisbon.

174

27-Apr "Analysis of Vegetative Cycle Evolution - Bud Burst" workshop. Quinta do Crasto, Sabrosa.

16

4- May Open Day at the University of Porto 17

9-May "Wine Spoilage Yeast - Brettanomyces-Dekkera" workshop. Auditorium IVDP, Régua.

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15,18,22 and 23 -

May 19

th Annual Vintage Wine Tasting. Porto. 46

28-May "Bird Watching at Quinta das Carvalhas" session. Qta Carvalhas, Pinhão.

9

28-May "Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Viticulture" workshop. Qta do Tedo, Tabuaço.

27

29-May Birds and their role in biodiversity. Example of Black Wheatear (Bird Port Wine) - Bird watching session

16

31-May Infowine.fórum 2012. "Biodiversity - Added Value in Wine?" Institutional Module, Vila Real Theatre.

400


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Date Workshops and Seminars Participants

15-Jun "Sustainability of Wine and Grapevine Production - Wine and Olive Oil Tastings" session organisation, UTAD, Vila Real.

150

11-Jul "2012 Vintage Production Forecast " workshop, Régua. 17

25-Jul "Importance of grape ripening control" workshop, Régua.

20

3-Sept "The Biodivine Project" promotion, Régua 10

8-Oct Open Day at the University of Porto 24

29-Oct "Installation of Hedges in the Viticulture ecosystem" workshop, Pinhão.

24

3-Dec "2012 Wine Balance" workshop, Régua. 25

Total events 18

7.3.3. Studies Presented and/or Published

Here is the list of studies that were published or presented at scientific and outreach meetings.

Table 7 – Studies published or presented by ADVID.

Date Action Event Authors N. of Part.

31-Jan "Biodiversity of the Douro Region - Environmental benefits and value creation" oral presentation

Colloquium: "Sustainability for the wine sector: What are the challenges?" Organised by the IVV, IP and the National Commission of the International Organisation of Grapevines and Wine (CNOIV). Lisbon

C. Carlos 150

31-Jan "Protocols and tools for calculating the carbon balance" oral presentation

Colloquium: "Wine Sector Sustainability: What are the challenges?", organised by IVV, IP and the National Committee of the International Organisation of Grapevines and Wine (CNOIV), Lisbon

F. Alves 150

26-Mar "Strategies for the sector: overview of Clusters" oral presentation

Workshop "Inovwine - Innovation in

Grapevine and Wine Production," Biocant, Cantanhede.

F. Alves 80

19-Apr “Portuguese grape varieties - A unique heritage” oral presentation

Lectures in Viticulture and Oenology, Professional School of Rural Development at Rodo.

P. Costa 25

20-Apr

"Water relations of the grapevine in a situation of severe meteorological drought: a case study in the Douro region" oral presentation

Workshop organised by CVRVV "Irrigation of vineyards, a necessity in the Vinho Verde region?”, Porto.

F. Alves 50

26-Apr Portuguese grape varieties - A unique heritage

Postgraduate lecture (Master) in Viticulture and Enology, UTAD.

P. Costa 8


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27-Apr "Analysis of Vegetative Cycle Evolution - Bud Burst" oral presentation

Initial balance of the harvest year as promoted by ADVID.

F. Alves, C. Carlos, C. Val, B. Teixeira

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28-Apr "Vintage Prediction Methods in Douro" oral presentation

II Vinic meetings – Green Wines, organised by the Order of Engineers. College of Agricultural Engineering, in Viana do Castelo.

P. Costa 40

8-May "Monitoring arthropod diversity in Douro wine region vineyards" oral presentation

IOBC/WPRS Working Group "Landscape management for functional biodiversity". 7-10 May, in Lleida, Spain.

A. Rataux; C. Carlos; F. Gonçalves; J. Aranha; J. Guenser; F. Alves; M. Van Helden

100

9-May

"Biodiversity of plants and arthropods in key ecological structures of vineyards of the Alto Douro region" poster

IOBC/WPRS Working Group "Landscape management for functional biodiversity". Lleida, Spain.

C. Carlos; S. Afonso; A. Crespí; J. Aranha; H.

Thistlewood; L. Torres. 100

16-May "Reconverting a vineyard in the Douro region: long-term business perspective" oral presentation

Workshop: "Sustainability of the vineyard nursery sector". INIA auditorium, in Dois Portos.

J. Manso 50

28-May "Biodiversity of plants and arthropods associated with the RDD vineyard" oral presentation

Workshop: "Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Wine Production". Qta do Tedo, Tabuaço.

C. Carlos 21

31-May

"Functional biodiversity of Douro region vineyards – environmental benefits and added value" oral presentation

Infowine.fórum 2012. Vila Real Theatre. C. Carlos 400

31-May

"Conservation of genetic resources of vines in Portugal. A challenge for the sustainability of the wine grape sector ", oral presentation, Vila Real Theatre

Infowine.fórum 2012. Vila Real Theatre. A. Graça 400

31-May

Functional Biodiversity in Douro region vineyards, Management and Publicity. Personal Experience from Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A.

Infowine.fórum 2012. Vila Real Theatre. J. Manso 400

2-Jun "Carbon balance in the wine sector" oral presentation

11th Douro/Duero Meeting held in Zamora (Spain).

F. Alves 70

15-Jun "Impact of climate change on winegrape production" oral presentation

"Sustainability of Wine and Grapevine Production - Wine and Olive Oil Tastings" session organisation, UTAD.

F. Alves 150

15-Jun Participation in a round table at the 4th Workshop of Climate Change and Biodiversity

"Sustainability of Wine and Grapevine Production - Wine and Olive Oil Tastings" session organisation, UTAD - Vila Real.

C. Carlos; F. Alves 150

26-Jun

"Spatial analysis of the climate in wine grape growing regions in Portugal" oral presentation,

IX Congress International Terroir (Dijon-Reims), France, 25 to 29 June.

F. Alves; J. Costa; P. Costa; C. Correia; B.

Gonçalves; R. Soares; J. Moutinho-Pereira

210

27-Jun

"Effects of rootstock and the environment on the behaviour of autochthonous grapevine varieties in the Douro" oral presentation


F. Alves; M. Edlmann; J. Costa; P Leal da Costa;

C. Symington 210

28-Jun

"Influence of climate and deficit irrigation on grapevine physiology, yield and quality attributes of Touriga Nacional in the Douro Region" poster


F. Alves; J. Costa; P. Costa; C. Correia; B.

Gonçalves; R. Soares; J. Moutinho-Pereira

210

11-Jul "2012 Production Vintage Forecast" Workshop. ADVID technical team 17


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13-Jul "Ensemble projections for wine production in the Douro Valley of Portugal" online publication.

Journal “Climatic Change”

J.A. Santos; S.D. Gratsch; M.K.

Karremann; G. Jones; J.G. Pinto

21-Set

"Climate Assessment for the Douro Wine Region: An Examination of Past, Present and Future Conditions for Wine Production" book

Anchor project "Impact of Climate Change on Wine Production."

G. Jones 250

19-Oct "Pests of economic importance in the vineyards of the RDD" oral presentation

Festival of Wines of the High Douro Region: Vila Nova de Foz-Coa. Vila Nova de Foz Coa.

C. Carlos 100

23-Oct "Grapevines, wine and tourism in the Douro." oral presentation

Centres and Clusters Colloquium: Opportunities and Synergies with the Tourism Sector. Coimbra.

R. Amador 120

20-Nov "Communicating biodiversity/sustainability and adding value" oral presentation

Workshop "Winemaking and Biodiversity, good agricultural practices and value added." Quercus, State Agriculture Department, Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon.

C. Carlos 150

22-Nov "The importance of diversity from the perspective of the industry" oral presentation

Seminar: "Grapevine diversity, sustainability factors of the wine sector and of the territory", Palmela.

C. Carlos 70

28-Nov "Maximising grapevine ecosystem services in the Douro region" oral communication

Day of innovation at UTAD. Publicity action for students and partners. UTAD, Vila Real.

C. Carlos 100

28-Nov

"Biodiversity in landscape management and supporting phytosanitary protection (functional)” oral presentation

VINIPORTUGAL annual forum with the theme "Sustainability applied to wine." Palácio da Bolsa, Porto.

C. Carlos 200

29-Oct

"Installing hedges in grapevine ecosystems. Fitting this conservation action in ongoing projects of ADVID" oral presentation

Workshop: "Installing hedges in the grapevine ecosystem." Qta das Carvalhas, Pinhão.

C. Carlos 24

3-Dec "2012 Harvest Year - Balance" workshop Action of disseminating knowledge to members and agents. Solar IVDP, Régua.

ADVID technical team 25

12-Dec "Modelling Carbon in Viticulture" oral presentation

Lecture for the Department of Mathematics at the FC-UP.

F. Alves 10

7.3.4. 2012 ADVID Award

IN 2012, the ADVID Prize honoured Bernardino Camilo Cincinnato da Costa, eminent Agronomist and

Professor, who was named the Delegate of the Chamber of Agriculture to the Paris Universal Exhibition in

1900. This honour was considered to be the most important representation of Portugal.

The jury decided to award the “2012 ADVID award” to Mr. Cincinnato Costa for his study

"General phenological model to characterise the timing of flowering and veraison of Vitis vinifera L.”

as developed by A. K. Parker and C. Van Leeuwen, of ENITA, University of Bordeaux, and I. G. de Cortázar-

Atauri and I. Chuine, of the Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier.


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Brief notes on the winning work

This work was aimed at developing a simple process based on temperature to predict the phenological

state of flowering and veraison. The results showed the high potential for estimating flowering and

veraison periods, which could be applied in several varieties, and the potential to simulate the

phenological behaviour of varieties in climate-changing scenarios.

Photo 42 - Prof. Cornellis Van Leeuwen (ENITA), one of the authors of the winning work. Photo 43 – The award winner, along with

the granddaughter of Mr. Cincinnato Costa, Mrs. Maria Eduarda Cincinnato Costa Macedo and Mr. Manso, the President of ADVID.

7.3.5 Promotion of Complementary Projects with Insertion into the Cluster

To promote these projects, several contacts were made with members, partners and entities of the

technological system. We highlight the following actions:

Table 8 – Promotion of complementary projects

Date Location Event Issue Number of Participants

10-Jan 21-Feb

Newsletters to publicise the QREN Incentive Systems

QREN Incentive Systems 250

22-Feb 1-Aug

Régua Green Zone- Working Meetings/ complementary projects.

Evaluation of potential applications for additional projects.

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Date Location Event Issue Number of Participants

6- Mar 16-Oct

Régua Newsletters RARRV 250

11-Jun Régua SIFIDE application Meeting with Quinta do Crasto Vinhos SA

4

10-Jul “Financial Incentives to Promote Wine Markets in Other Countries" newsletter

Internationalisation Incentive Systems 250

Complementary projects are led by Member or Partner companies. Within the QREN, 28 projects are

currently approved with an eligible investment of 17.5 million euro and an incentive of 9.4 million euro.

The wine sector has two instruments of Common Agricultural Policy for the processes of production,

processing and further promotion abroad, namely, the RDP and CMO Wine, which are managed by the

Ministry of Agriculture, the Sea, the Environment and Spatial Territory.

7.3.6. Social Communication

ADVID, which is the Cluster operator for wines from the Douro region, was involved in the following

reports and interviews:

Table 9 - News published by the Media

Date Media Issue

19-Jan Sapo Digital / Douro news / Agroportal ADVID makes positive presentations with its workshops

and seminars

4-Mar “O Público” (The public) newspaper Practices to address drought, climate change and grape

varieties

14-Mar Diário Digital Online (Digital Daily News) Harvest year among the driest in 40 years

1-Apr Revista do Vinho (Wine magazine) Climate Change Seminar

9-Apr Diário Agrário Online (Online Agrarian Daily) Climate Change Seminar

10-Apr Regional newspapers and blogs Climate Change Seminar

12-Apr “Vida Agrária” (Rural Life) Magazine Climate Change Seminar

13-Apr Jornal dos Negócios (Business Journal) Climate Change Seminar


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Date Media Issue

13-Apr “Sábado” (Saturday) magazine Climate Change Seminar

14-Apr Visão Digital Climate Change Seminar

14-Apr Jornal do Vinho (Wine newspaper) Climate Change Seminar

17-Apr Viva! Porto Climate Change Seminar

25-May RTP Jornal da Tarde (T.V. news) Mating disruption

25-May Antena 1 Portugal em Directo Mating disruption

25-May Visão Digital Mating disruption

25-May Expresso Digital (Digital news) Mating disruption

28-May Jornal Notícias (newspaper) Mating disruption and service maximisation

28-May Channel Porto (T.V.) Mating disruption and Service maximisation

12-Jun Channel Porto (T.V.) Climate Change Seminar /drought

Jul/Aug Ingenium magazine Reference to ADVID as an organisation for scientific

and technological development

19-Aug Dinheiro Vivo online (online money news) 2012 Vintage Forecast

20-Aug Jornal Correio da Manha (newspaper) 2012 Vintage Forecast

14-Sept RTP Noticias (TV news) Tua dam

14-Sept Lusa Tua dam

15-Sept Jornal Público (The Public newspaper) Tua dam

9-Oct VINITOUR Site Biodiversity

26-Oct Revista Visão (Visão magazine) Biodiversity

29-Nov Jornal de Notícias (newspaper) Clusters lead reindustrialisation

7-Dec Visão Digital 2012 ADVID Award

7-Dec Notícias do Douro (Douro News) 2012 ADVID Award


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8. Support Service for Good Agricultural Practices

8.1. Services financed by quotas (shares)

8.1.1. Technical Support for Integrated Vineyard Production

Within the Integrated Protection and Production Program, the shareholders were monitored by collecting

and transmitting information relevant to the application of these principles. This action was

complemented with the editing of technical bulletins, leaflets on monitoring the grapevine's vegetative

cycle and evolution of diseases and pests and lists of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, with their

technical standards for use of different active substances.

For the year of 2012, we summarised information on the main activities made by the technical support

groups:

Graph 2 – Technical and Administrative Monitoring of members in 2012.

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128

292

574

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Technical consulting - Office Actions

Support the Elaboration of Reporting MAA Forms

Technical Field Visits

Administrative Technical Support

Acções


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Graph 3 – Number of documents/actions of technical support for decision making. The document details can be found on their

respective descriptive tables at 7.1)

8.1.2. Support the preparation of application processes for agro-environmental

measures

Applications to Agro-environmental measures were made by the technical services of ADVID, with 137

single applications (PU) for 180 production units. A total of 5,562 ha vineyards have applied the integrated

production mode, totalling 319 ha of organic production. In addition, applications were also made to SPS

(Single Payment Scheme), MLFA (Maintenance of Agricultural Activity in Least Favourable Areas), ITI-DW

(Integrated Territorial Intervention in the Douro Wine Region), Support to Quality Schemes and other less

relevant issues in our area of intervention.

The preparation and dissemination of legislative information for support (10 newsletters), support for

administrative issues raised by IFAP and monitoring the certification measures was also conducted by

encouraging the development of field reports, technical support and preparation of technical

documentation.

The following graphs present a statistical summary of the processes and their potential to channel aid to

members in 2012, with approximately 1,493 million euro (values estimated based on applications,

disregarding subsequent area corrections).

15

6

10

22

16

24

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Technical and Scientific Works

Lists of Active Substances in IP

Leaflet on Evolution of HarvestYears

Leaflet on Climate Evolution

Thematic Workshops

Technical Bulletins andNewsletters

Documents/ Actions


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Fig. 3 – Total applications and their processes (left); and details of application areas by agro-environmental mean (right).

Fig. 4 – Total aid received (left) and total integrated by agro-environment (right).

8.1.3. Control of the grape moth by mating disruption

Combating grape moths by mating disruption has been studied by ADVID since 2000. The knowledge

acquired over this decade allows us to identify the strengths and to maximise efficiency while identifying

some weaknesses that restrict its use.

Members interested in more sustainable ways to combat grape moth asked ADVID for support from

specialists, especially for diffuser application in the field, as well as training for technical staff and

company farm workers and any other employees involved. Additionally, they requested support for

evaluating the effectiveness of this “fighting” mode during the campaign by monitoring the moth damage

in locations subject to mating disruption and to make comparisons with those reference parcels (without

mating disruption treatment). In 2012, ADVID monitored and provided technical service to 9 properties

(213.8 ha) that adopted this method of moth control, as done in previous years.


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The results were widely disseminated by workshops, specific publications, and during the balance of the

harvest year.

Fig. 5 – Evolution of the areas and properties using the mating disruption method (pheromone) to control grape

moths.

8.1.4. Forecasting the vintage potential by using the pollen method

Estimations of production potential by using the pollen method has been employed in the Douro region

since 1992 as a tool to support technical and economic activity, which is integrated into the action plan of

the Cluster of wines from the Douro Region.

The process, which is managed by ADVID with financial support from IVDP and scientific support from the

College of Sciences at the University of Porto, takes advantage of the methodology by capturing and

analysing the amount of pollen emitted by grapevines, and integrates climate and phenological data. We

prepare an early annual estimate of production potential, based on three predefined locations in the

region that should represent the viticultural areas.

The pollen collection was made in Régua and Valencia Douro between 14 May and 25 June and in Vila

Nova de Foz Coa between 21 May and 26 June, with biweekly filter replacements.

The forecast range for 2012 was between 269 000 and 325 000 barrels of wine, with an increased

prediction of approximately 23% in comparison to the average forecast range expected in 2011. The

evolution of this forecast range was negatively influenced by drought and blossom drop as well as by a

local frost in late June plus a hailstorm in mid-July. Despite this finding, the provisional value of the

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8.1.5. Evaluation of grape variety and rootstock behaviour

In carrying out this activity, the monitoring and collection of data related to the maturation and variety x

rootstock affinity was conducted at Quinta da Cavadinha. The collection and processing of information

available for the RDD about grape varieties, with special reference to the collection of phenological data to

support the study of phenological relationships and their thermal needs, was also carried out to support

the elaboration of phenological maps for vineyard management.

8.2. Invoiced services

8.2.1. Viticulture

8.2.1.1 Support for Organic Production

To start up a support system for sustainable organic production in viticulture, ADVID compiled and

processed information in 2012 to support the activity and organisation of contacts with companies that

provide solutions for organic agriculture, organised workshops to raise awareness about this way of

production and trained two technicians in this production method.

8.2.1.2 Evaluation of water potential for irrigation needs

To make a service available to members for managing grapevine water relations, by assessing the predawn

water potential, we monitored the grapevine water status of the Upper Douro region. Two members

(totalling 3 properties) subscribed to this service. Assessments on predawn plant water potential and

grapevine hydraulic potential were made for 6 weeks.

8.2.2. Oenology

8.2.2.1 Maturation control

The general goal was to create a database on the behaviour of the main varieties of different sub-regions

in Douro.

In 2012, the members who adopted this initiative were sent customised reports about their parcels

containing the following routine analyses: weight (g); fluid volume (mL); potential alcohol (%); total acidity

(mg/L Tartaric acid) and pH, and phenolic maturation: total anthocyanins, extractable anthocyanins, total

polyphenols (IPT); extractability of anthocyanins - EA (%) and maturation of tannins - MP (%).

In 2012, 18 members adopted the service plus 1 non-member. Two hundred thirty vineyard parcels were


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subscribed to the monitoring and analysis of maturation between 20 July and 2 October 2012, totalling

807 analyses. In addition, 212 maturation analyses were made by ADVID, totalling 1019 analyses

processed in the lab.

8.2.2.2 Portal of tannins (ADVID/AWRI)

In continuing the 2011 work and considering the importance of tannins in oenology (which influence the

colour stability, wine aging, oxidation and astringency), 514 samples were submitted to the tannin portal

from 3 of 4 companies that subscribed in the year 2012.

Furthermore, generous wines were ordered in 2012 for the validation of this method with these wines.

Samples and respective results were sent to the AWRI.

9. ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACCOUNTING SUPPORT

To gather systematic information as well as an accounting of the budget, in particular for the projects

subject to public funding, we began the implementation of an analytical accounting system.

We started centralising all existing information, photographic databases and official documents into a

digital file in order to systematise and facilitate access to all members, as well as preserving this

documentation as an ADVID heritage. We also started cataloguing all the purchased material into digital

format.

10. INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS

By following the institutional policy, we strengthened links with relevant institutions, including the

University of Porto, the IVDP, the IVV, ViniPortugal, the Douro Mission Structure, the DRAPN and the Luso-

American Foundation and we fostered the development and dynamism of the network, adhering to

Cluster entities, such as the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, the Institute of

Accounting and Administration of Coimbra and the GISTREE - Geographic Information Systems of the

Forest and Environment.

Given the same goal, we adhered to the OILB, or l'Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique, the

ENDURE Network and the National Rural Network, and we monitored the European Cluster Collaboration

Platform. We pay tribute to Mr. Cincinnato Costa through the 2012 ADVID Award, which was presented for

the study "General phenological model to characterise the timing of flowering and veraison of Vitis vinifera

L." as developed by Amber K. Parker et C. Van Leeuwen - Enita, Université de Bordeaux I. et G. Cortazar-

Atauri et I. Chuine Fonctionelle du Centre d'Ecologie et Evolutive in Montpellier. To meet one of the goals

of the award, we invited the researchers Amber Parker and Professor van Leeuwen to develop similar


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work in the RDD. The invitation was accepted and the work will be developed during 2013.

With the same purpose, we organised a visit by German researchers from Geisenheim, Neustadt,

Weinsberg and Veitshöchheim to the Douro Region on 22-24 March in order to promote this meeting, as

well as discussions among UTAD researchers and ADVID technicians.

We continue to network with the Ministry of Agriculture through the Secretary of State for Rural

Development, particularly to raise awareness about the issue of Flavescence dorée, culminating in a draft

of the National Action Plan held by the Working Group formed for the purpose, with which ADVID has

integrated.

With regards to the UNESCO Mission on Douro World Heritage, we were invited by the Minister of

Agriculture, and we issued an opinion on the "Impact of Hydroelectric Foz Tua on Wine Production" as

requested by the head of this mission.

We also held several meetings with the Office of the Secretary of State for Entrepreneurship,

Competitiveness and Innovation, which aimed to reflect on the evaluation and development of Centres

and Clusters from the perspective of economic and social development for the country, with a view to

define a new framework for recognition during the coming three years.

To define and assist the policies and national, international or regional technical-scientific events of

viticulture, ADVID members have attended meetings in different institutions:

Douro Mission Structure participation on the Advisory Board, which ruled on the Preliminary

Report of the State of Conservation of the Patrimony of the Alto Douro Wine Region and its

importance in the context of safeguarding, protecting and promoting the ADV, as well as to

honour the commitments made by Portugal for the registration of the ADV in the World Heritage

List.

Institute of Grapevines and Wine, invited to rule on the list of varieties suitable for wine

production in Portugal, having been translated into Ordinance 380/2012, which is one of the

fundamental conditions proposed by ADVID, with the inclusion of a reference code for each

variety.

“Casa do Douro”, with participation in the Regional Council;

FEVIPOR - Winemakers' Federation of Portugal, member of the Board through which we sit on the

Advisory Board of IVV.

PORVID – Portuguese Association for the Diversity of the Grapevine, member of the Board.


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CNOIV – National Committee of the OIV, participation in various expert groups and the General

Committee and national representation in the ad hoc "Carbon Balance" Working Group with the

OIV.


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11. GLOSSARY

ACIR – Associação Comercial e Industrial dos Concelhos do Peso da Régua, Santa Marta de Penaguião e Mesão Frio

(Commercial and Industrial Association of Counties of Peso da Régua, Santa Marta de Penaguião and Mesão Frio)

ADH – Associação Douro Histórico

(Douro History Association)

ADV – Alto Douro Vinhateiro

(Alto Douro Wine Region)

ADVID – Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense

(Association for the Development of Douro Viticulture)

ARD-VD - Association pour la Recherche et le Développement de la Viticulture Durable

CCDR-N – Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte

(Committee of Northern Coordination and Regional Development)

CCDR-N – Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional Norte

(Committee of Northern Coordination and Regional Development)

CERVIM - Centro di Ricerca, Studi, Salvaguardia, Coordinamento e Valorizzazione per la Viticoltura Montana

CITAB - Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-ambientais e Biológicas (UTAD)

(Agro-Environmental and Biological Centre for Research and Technology)

CIVC – Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins de Champagne

CNOIV – Comissão Nacional do OIV

(National Committee of the OIV)

COMPETE – Programa operacional dos factores de competitividade

(Operational program of competitive factors)

CVRVV - Comissão de Viticultura da Regiao dos Vinhos Verdes

(Viticulture Commission of the Vinho Verde Region)

DGADR – Direcção Geral Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural

(General Board of Agriculture and Rural Development)

DIBA - Diputacon of Barcelona

DRAP-N – Direcção Regional de Agricultura e Pescas do Norte

(Regional Board of Agriculture and Fisheries of the North)

DREN – Direcção Regional de Educação do Norte

(Regional Board of Education of the North)

EEC – Estruturas de Eficiência Coletiva

(Structures of Collective Efficiency)

EHTDouro – Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Douro – Lamego

(School of Hospitality and Tourism of Douro - Lamego)

EMD – Estrutura de Missão Douro

(Douro Mission Structure)

ENDURE -

ENITA - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux Aquitaine

EQY - Euroquality

ESAC – Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra


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(College of Agriculture of Coimbra)

ESAV – Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu

(College of Agriculture of Viseu)

ESB - Escola Superior de Biotecnologia

(College of Biotechnology)

ESB – Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa

(College of Biotechnology, Portuguese Catholic University)

FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

(Foundation for Science and Technology)

FEUP- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

(Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

FEVIPOR – Federação de Viticultores de Portugal

(Winemakers Federation of Portugal)

ICVV-CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino

IDL-FCT UNL – Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia – Universidade Nova de Lisboa

(College of Science and Technology - New University of Lisbon)

IEFP – Institute of Employment and Professional Training

IFV - Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin (IFV),

INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

IVDP – Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto

(Institute of Port and Douro Wines)

IVV – Instituto do Vinho e da Vinha

(Institute of Grapevines and Wine)

LADPM – Liga dos amigos do Douro Património mundial

(League of Friends of the Douro World Heritage)

OILB – IOBC - International Organization for Biological Control

OIV – Office International du Vin

PORVID – Portuguese Association for Diversity of Grapevine

RDD – Região Demarcada do Douro

(Douro Region)

SAESCTN - Sistema de Apoio a Entidades do Sistema Científico e Tecnológico

(Support System for Entities of Scientific and Technological Systems)

SIAC – Sistema de apoio a acções colectivas

(Support System for Collective Actions)

SOU - Southern Oregon University

UCP – Universidade Católica Portuguesa

(Portuguese Catholic University)

UMinho – Universidade do Minho

(University of Minho)

UO – University of Oregon

UP – Universidade do Porto

(University of Porto)

UTAD – Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e alto Douro

(University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro)

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