Organic Wine ORWINE

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EU funded Project Organic Wine (ORWINE)

"Organic viticulture and wine-making: development of environment and consumer friendly technologies for organic wine quality improvement and scientifically based legislative framework (ORWINE)" is a European funded research project which aims at providing a scientific background for the development of the EU legislative framework and a code of best practices for organic wine production and labelling.

Private standards for "processing, packaging and preserving wines from organic agriculture" have been developed in some EU member countries since the 1980's. The content of such standards is widely discussed at a national and EU level, is not always consensual.

Private standards are applied in most of the European wine producing countries, mostly supported by certifiers or producer organizations. Nevertheless, a specific European regulation on organic wine would give a great impulse to this market segment.

The consortium includes research centers, organic producer associations and the IFOAM EU group.

The ORWINE project, running 38 months, will

identify actual practices applied in organic viticulture and wine making in typical wine producing areas in the EU and accession countries and evaluate their impact on environment and wine quality;
identify buying motives and organic wine markets needs in order to address labelling provisions and communication strategies;
develop innovative wine-making technologies that correspond to the concept of organic agriculture and improve organic wine quality with particular regard to sulfites reduction
test on farm innovative and suitable technologies in order to assess their applicability and acceptance;
develop a code of best organic wine making practices and recommendations for the development of EU regulation 2092/91 as well as policy support measures for the organic wine sector

The ORWINE project is characterized by a significant stakeholder involvement: organic wine producers, as well as traders, consumers, experts and policy makers will be asked for their opinion and advises in several steps.

All project results will be posted at the web site www.orwine.org (still under construction) and disseminated through the specialized press.

Contact

Cristina Micheloni, ORWINE Project Coordinator, Italian Association of Organic Farming AIAB, Via Piave 14, 00187 Roma, Italy, Tel. +39 06 45437485-6-7, Fax +39 06 45437469

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Organic Europe > Europe /EU > Research > European Research Projects > ORWINE

EU funded Project Organic Wine (ORWINE)