associaÇÃo para o desenvolvimento da viticultura …€¦ · a d v i d associaÇÃo para o...

A D V I D

A S S O C I A Ç Ã O P A R A O D E S E N V O L V I M E N T O D A V I T I C U L T U R A D U R I E N S E

Demarcated Douro Region Wine Cluster

Annual Report

and Accounts

2010

A D V I D - Qta de Sta Maria - Apt 137. 5050-106 Godim - Peso da Régua - Phone 254-312940 • Fax 254-321350 e-mail: [email protected] www.advid.pt

ADVID ▪ Demarcated Douro Region Wine Cluster ▪ Annual Report 2010

List of Contents

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

2. Management Structure............................................................................................................................................................ 9

3. Operational Structure of ADVID .............................................................................................................................................. 9

4. List of Members ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10

5. Research and Experimental Development Activities ........................................................................................................... 12

5.1. Climate change ................................................................................................................................................................. 12

5.1.1. Impact of climate change ........................................................................................................................................ 12

5.1.2. Preparing a quality index for assessment of the winegrowing year......................................................................... 12

5.1.3. Water relations of the grapevine ............................................................................................................................. 13

Quinta dos Aciprestes (Soutelo do Douro) ................................................................................................................. 13

Quinta da Granja (Almendra) ..................................................................................................................................... 14

Quinta do Noval (Pinhão) ........................................................................................................................................... 14

5.2. Sustainable production ...................................................................................................................................................... 14

5.2.1. Behaviour of varieties and rootstocks ..................................................................................................................... 14

5.2.2. Prediction of harvest potential using the pollen method ........................................................................................ 14

5.2.3. Tinta Roriz pollination - flowering anomalies .......................................................................................................... 16

5.2.4 Control of the grapevine moth using the mating disruption method ....................................................................... 16

5.2.5 Emerging pests ......................................................................................................................................................... 17

5.2.6. Monitoring of powdery mildew and downy mildew ............................................................................................... 18

5.3. Preserving the genetic variability of grape varieties .......................................................................................................... 19

5.3.1. PORVID - Portuguese Association for Grapevine Diversity ...................................................................................... 19

5.3.2. Clonal selection of grapevines ................................................................................................................................. 19

5.4. Grape quality assessment .................................................................................................................................................. 19

5.4.1. Non-destructive analysis of grape berries – Touriga Franca .................................................................................... 19

5.5. Functional biodiversity in viticulture ................................................................................................................................ 20

5.5.1. Ecological infrastructure in the biological conservation protection against grapevine pests, in the DDR ............... 20

Characterisation of the main plant communities ....................................................................................................... 20

Characterisation of the arthropod fauna in plant communities ................................................................................. 20

5.5.2. BioDiVine ................................................................................................................................................................. 21

5.5.3. Effect of cultivation practices on the biodiversity of microorganisms beneficial to vine nutrition and health ........ 22

5.6 Support for experimental development ............................................................................................................................. 23

5.6.1. Collection, processing and dissemination of climate information ........................................................................... 23

6. Support Services for Good Farming Practices by Operators in the DDR ............................................................................... 23

6.1. Technical support for integrated vine production ............................................................................................................. 23

6.2. Oenology ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26

6.2.1. Ripening control ...................................................................................................................................................... 26

7. Dissemination, Communication and Training ....................................................................................................................... 27

7.1. ADVID Prize 2010 – Jorge Ferreira ..................................................................................................................................... 27

7.2. Dissemination of knowledge and technology transfer ...................................................................................................... 28

Cross-Compliance Rules and common areas with Integrated Production. ................................................................. 28

Symposium "Biodiversity, creating value between Ecology and Economy” ............................................................... 28

Workshop “Ampelography and preservation of the genetic resources of grape varieties in the Demarcated

Douro Region” ............................................................................................................................................................ 29

Workshop "Grape Quality Assessment” ..................................................................................................................... 30

What it is the “Douro Region Wine Cluster”? ............................................................................................................. 31


3

“Douro Region Wine Cluster – Actions, Opportunities and Challenges.” ................................................................... 31

Workshop “Raising Awareness of HACCP in winegrowing” ........................................................................................ 32

Workshop “Highlighting Features of Spatiotemporal Spread of Powdery Mildew Epidemics in the Vineyard Using

Statistical Modelling on Field Experimental Data”...................................................................................................... 32

7.3. Papers presented and/or published ................................................................................................................................. 33

7.4. Communication ................................................................................................................................................................ 34

7.4.1. Organisation of complementary projects ................................................................................................................ 34

7.4.2. Participation in meetings, forums, symposia and other events ............................................................................... 36

7.4.3. Media ...................................................................................................................................................................... 38

7.4.4. ADVID website - www.advid.pt ....................................................................................................... 38

7.5. Training.............................................................................................................................................................................. 39

7.5.1. ADVID Course - WSET – Level 3/4 ............................................................................................................................ 39

7.5.2. Training Courses for winegrowers ........................................................................................................................... 39

7.6. Institutional Empowerment Network for the Promotion of Employability in the Douro ................................................... 40

8. Financial Support for the Development of the Action Plan .................................................................................................. 40

9. Institutional Relations ........................................................................................................................................................... 43

Casa do Douro Regional Council ................................................................................................................................. 43

FEVIPOR ...................................................................................................................................................................... 43

ADH – Historic Douro Association .............................................................................................................................. 43

PORVID ....................................................................................................................................................................... 43

Douro Mission Structure ............................................................................................................................................ 44

CNOIV ......................................................................................................................................................................... 44

"Um Porto para o Mundo" Association ...................................................................................................................... 45

CITAB .......................................................................................................................................................................... 45

10. Glossary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 46

Appendixes

Balance Sheet 2010

Profit and Loss Account 2010

Notes to the Accounts

Opinion of the Supervisory Board


4

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

ADVID

Mission

According to its Statutes, the purposes of ADVID are “the study, experimentation, demonstration

and dissemination of winegrowing techniques suited to the specific characteristics of the

Demarcated Douro Region, with a view to the competitiveness and quality of the wines in

domestic and international markets, on its own initiative or in collaboration with state or private,

national or foreign organisations or services and also to represent and defend the interests of

members with all official or private organisations of a national, regional or international nature”.

Its goals also include organising vocational training, technical support for integrated and organic

production and the promotion and protection of the environmental and landscape heritage of the

DDR.

“The results of the actions and studies undertaken shall be made public, for the Douro

winegrowers to have access to them through publications, courses, colloquiums and other

methods of dissemination that the Executive Board deems appropriate”.

Vision

To be the main platform for dissemination of knowledge/mapping of problems, between the

University and Research Organisations and Wine Companies in the Demarcated Douro Region.

Demarcated

Douro

Region Wine

Cluster

The activities developed to pursue its Mission in the direction of its Vision were what enabled

ADVID to submit an application for COMPETE in 2008, for a coherent series of initiatives

integrated into an action plan, subsequently recognised as a Collective Efficiency Strategy, named

Demarcated Douro Region Wine Cluster, and enabled ADVID to be acknowledged as its

management entity.

The Mission of the Cluster is to foster and consolidate the wine production sector in the Douro

Region, through a technologically sustainable strategy applied to all players.

And its Vision it that the sector be environmentally, economically and socially sustainable,

supported by a culture of network cooperation to reduce threats and maximise opportunities.

The mission of ADVID and the mission of ADVID as the Management Entity of the Cluster merge

while the Visions complement each other.

The activities carried out throughout 2010 and presented in this Report always took into account

this Mission and Vision in the two dimensions of ADVID.


Governance

Bodies

To fill the vacancy in the existing Executive Board since José Manuel Froes Burguete Sousa Soares

has been unable to represent Sogevinus Fine Wines S.A., the General Meeting of 27 April

approved the proposal for the vacancy to be filled by Mariana Sofia Martins Alves Carvela Gomes

Ferreira de Brito in representation of the member Lemos & Van Zeller Lda.

Structure

Still with regard to the operational implementation of the Cluster management entity, the same

General Meeting approved the revision of the Association Statutes, to increase the efficiency of

relations with Members and strengthen the Executive Board, through the creation of the General

Management and Technical Management, focusing respectively on areas of administration and

technical orientation.

Human

Resources

To handle the volume of work brought by the recognition of ADVID as the Cluster management

entity, the technical team was reinforced by the hiring of Maria do Carmo Val, the hiring of Rosa

Amador seconded from DRAPN and also the hiring of Sara Meireles on a work placement scheme.

Membership

Structure

From 2009 to 2010, there was almost no variation in the number of members, since in 2009 there

were 181 members and at the end of 2010 there were 180. The residual fall in the number of

members was not reflected in the value of the earnings generated by membership fees, since the

number of corporate and full members increased, which was reflected in an increase in earnings.

Chart 1 – Changes in the Membership Structure

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Individual Members 122 137 151 129 128 123 115 112 107

Corporate Members 40 46 51 47 51 56 55 60 63

Full Members 11 13 13 11 11 9 9 9 10

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

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

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

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400


6

Highlights

• Joint order 2780/2010 of 27 January, of the Minister for the Economy, Innovation and

Development and of the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education

acknowledged the good standing of ADVID in matters of research and development,

namely in the areas of viticulture and protection of the growing of vines.

• The award winner in the category "Viticulture", selected by the OIV (International

Organisation of Vine and Wine) award jury, which met on 23 June 2010 during the 33rd

World Congress of Vine and Wine, in Tbilisi (Georgia), was "Tratado de Viticultura: a

videira, a vinha e o terroir", by Prof. Nuno Magalhães. This work was sponsored by

ADVID, in recognition of the significant importance of mutual collaboration with the

author since the Association was set up.

• In August 2010, ADVID was nominated by CNOIV to represent Portugal in the OIV ad hoc

group “Carbon Dioxide Balance”.

• On 28 October, at the invitation of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Innovation and

Energy, ADVID submitted a progress report on the Demarcated Douro Region Wine

Cluster at the Hearing held at the Assembly of the Republic, organised by the Working

Group for Monitoring Competitiveness and Technology Centres and Clusters set up

within that Committee.

• On 6 December 2010, approval was given to the agreement between MADRP and

PORVID, to transfer to PORVID, for a period of 50 years, the management of the land

intended for the Central Experimental Centre for the Conservation of Indigenous Vine

Variability. The experimental centre in Herdade de Pegões, in the municipality of

Palmela, is intended to preserve all varieties of Portuguese vines and to develop

experimental projects for subsequent use.

Self-

Assessment

Although no indicators and targets for 2010 were established in the Business Plan, we can

consider as benchmarks, for self-assessment, compliance with this Plan and the progress report

on the Strategy and Action Programme indicators established for assessment of the Demarcated

Douro Region Wine Cluster. An analysis of the following tables shows that the development of the

indicators has been positive.


7

Indicators Characterisation of Members 2009 2010

No. of members 181 180

No. of corporate members 69 73

* including micro and small companies (%) 23.0 25.0

* including SME (%) 65.0 64.0

* including large companies (%) 12.0 11.0

No. of SCTN members 0 0

Percentage of Persons Employed with qualifications ≥ 6(1) - companies 20.0 20.0

% doctorates

No. of patents granted - companies

No. of patents granted - SCTN

Exports - companies (103 €) 327,000 342,000

Turnover - companies (103 €) 446,000 472,000

Gross Value Added, market prices - companies (103 €)

Investment in R&D - companies (103 €)

(1) - Qualification level equal to or higher than VI (graduates). See Appendix II of the Portuguese Qualifications Framework published by Ministerial Order

782/2009, of 23 July

Implementation Indicator Activities developed by the Management Entity

2009 2010

No. of new corporate members (from the target economic group) 5 4

No. of participants in networking meetings

336

No. of visits to the PCT/OC website 15,263 19,907

No. of events for dissemination of the PCT/OC activities 27 77

No. of corporate participants from the target economic group in events to disseminate the activities of PCT/OC

281

No. of international R&ED projects submitted (7.º PQIDT, EUREKA, etc.) na 1

No. of memberships of similar international networks 1 1

No. of participations in significant international events 3 7

Indicators defined by ADVID Unit No.

Partnership organisation, coordination and management activities under the CES

Entities involved in agglomeration economies (network cooperation and operation), in the development of projects which address the Cluster's objectives

No. 250

No. of websites that promote and develop the network No. 1

No. of projects to disseminate information about the DDR No. 8

No. of initiatives/meetings to demonstrate and disseminate the results of R&D activities within the framework of the cluster

No. 36

No. of environmental awareness initiatives No. 3

No. of technical information bulletins published in the public domain No. 50


8

We can see that among Flagship Projects, of the targets established, we did not implement the

“Rationalisation of Hillside Vineyards” application. The remaining applications envisaged were

submitted to the Programmes that opened. Having realised that we might not be able to achieve

the objectives of each Flagship Project with a single application for a particular

measure/programme, we opted to submit different applications for each flagship project, in order

to ensure the eligibility of the needs detected.

The indicators associated with R&D present positive trends, some reaching values very close to

the targets set for 2012.

The work carried out in the field of Communication and Dissemination did not achieve the desired

results for all indicators, however other indicators, including “Training Courses and Dissemination

Events” and “Dissemination of technical information and publications released into the public

domain”, exceeded targets and almost reached the targets set for 2012.

Although it is not easy to quantify the Complementary Projects, we have noted that between

FEADER and FEAGA, the target set for 2012 for the “Production units modernised” indicator has

already been reached. Also with regard to the increase in exports and rise in turnover, according

to IVDP data, exports from January to October increased by 6.8% and there was a rise in revenue

of 7.4%, compared with the equivalent period of 2009.

An analysis of compliance with the Business Plan for 2010 shows that the largest deviations

occurred in Funded Training Courses, in Workshop contents and in participation in international

events by the technical team. The deviations in Funded Training Courses arise essentially from the

fact that not all the courses submitted by ADVID to POPH were approved, due to budget

limitations. The deviations in Workshop contents and participation in international events are

essentially due to the priority given to the implementation of Flagship Projects, to the promotion

of the Cluster within Portugal and to knowledge diffusion in areas identified in 2010 as most in

need.

ADVID ▪ Cluster dos Vinhos da Região Demarcada do Douro ▪ Annual Report 2010

2. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

On 27 April, an Extraordinary General Meeting was held to approve the filling of the vacancy on the Executive

Board, for the three-year period 2009/2011, and decided on the appointment, in representation of Lemos & Van

Zeller, Lda, a Corporate Member Associate, Mariana Sofia Ferreira de Brito, in accordance with Art. 10.2 and 4 of

the Statutes. The new composition of the Executive Board is as follows:

José Manso – Chairman

António Rocha Graça – Member

Carlos Caldeira – Member

Francisco Ferreira – Member

Mariana Brito – Member

3. OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE OF ADVID

An Extraordinary General Meeting held on 28 July, in the Auditorium of the Solar do Vinho do Porto, in Régua,

approved the decision of the Executive Board to appoint, as Managing Director, Rosa Maria Martins Amador and,

as Technical Director, Fernando José Martins dos Santos Alves, in accordance with Art. 22.1 of the Statutes. To

further reinforce the team, Maria do Carmo do Val was also hired and an application was made to IEFP for a work

placement scheme, which led to the hiring of Sara Meireles for 1 year.

Fig. 1 – Organisational Chart 2010

BOARDSFW/ SYM/ SAQV/ SOG/ L&VZ

General ManagementRA

Technical ManagementFA

R&EDJC

SustainableProduction

CC

OenologyPC

Viticulture and AdministrativeSupport PRODI

BTE/CV

BiodiversitySM (Trainee)

Secretarial Support andAccountsAP/MM

Institutional Relationsand Communication

FCA

AdministrativeServives

HP


10

4. LIST OF MEMBERS

FULL MEMBERS Quinta dos Avidagos, Lda.

Quinta Nova N.ª Sra. do Carmo - Soc. Agr. Com. e Tur.,Lda.

Adriano Ramos Pinto - Vinhos, S.A. Quinta Valbom de Cima Peixotas, P.A., Lda. C.ª Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro Real Companhia Vinícola do Norte de Portugal, S.A.

Churchill Graham, Lda. Saraiva & Filhos, Lda.

Niepoort (Vinhos), S.A. Silva & Cosens, Lda.

Quinta do Noval - Vinhos, S.A. Sinergiae - Ambiente, Lda. Rozès, S.A. Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta do Alvito, Lda. Sociedade Quinta do Portal, S.A Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta do Vale de Malhadas, Lda.

Sogevinus Fine Wines, S.A. Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta do Vesúvio, Lda.

Sogrape Vinhos, S.A. Sociedade Agrícola de Vila Velha, Lda. W. & J. Graham, Ca. Sociedade Agrícola dos Canais, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola José Mesquita Guimarães, Lda. CORPORATE MEMBERS Sociedade Agrícola Quinta da Teixeira Velha, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta do Beato, Lda. A. Monteiro & Pôncio, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta do Todão, Lda.

Bayer CropScience Portugal, Lda. Sociedade Agrícola Quinta Seara D'Ordens, Lda.

Beloxisto - Turismo Rural e Agricultura, Lda. Sociedade Agroturistica da Casa dos Barros, Lda.

Cabanas - Sociedade Vitivinícola, Lda. Sociedade da Casa Agrícola da Qta. do Silval, S.A. Casa Agrícola Horta Osório, S.A. Sogevinus Quintas, S.A.

Casa de Vilarelhos, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. Symington Vinhos, S.A.

Coimbra de Mattos, Lda. Syngenta Crop Protection, Lda.

Duorum Vinhos, S.A. VCC, Unipessoal, Lda.

E.I. Empreendimentos e Invest Agrícolas do Douro, S.A. Veredas do Douro - Sociedade Agrícola, Lda.

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

F. Olazabal & Filhos, Lda.

Fundação da Casa de Mateus INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS Galaico - Duriense, Sociedade Agrícola, Unipessoal, Lda.

In Vino, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. Afonso do Vale Coelho Pereira Cabral, Herdeiros

João Brito e Cunha, Lda. Álvaro Martinho Dias Lopes

João Nicolau de Almeida & Filhos, Lda. Ana Maria Lencastre Sousa Soares Freitas José Maria Pires – Qta. Vale de Locaia, Soc. Unipessoal, Lda. Ana Paula Moreira Filipe de Castro

José Viseu Carvalho & Filhos, Lda. Ana Rita Forjaz Teixeira Leal Fráguas

Lemos & Van Zeller, Lda. André Correia Cigarro Brás

Martinez Gassiot, Vinhos, S.A. Antónia Maria Ponce Leão Bettencourt Mesquita de Araújo Montez Champalimaud, Lda. António Bernardo Ulrich Ferreira e Outros

Néctar da Sabedoria - Vinhos e Enoturismo, Lda. António Caetano Sousa Faria Girão

Pacheco & Irmãos, Lda. António Carlos Sobral Pinto Ribeiro

Prats & Symington, Lda. António da Cunha Carvalho Quinta da Carvalhosa, Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. António dos Santos Cigarro, Cabeça de Casal da Herança de

Quinta da Jusã - Soc. Imobiliária e Turística, S.A. António José Silva Fonseca Gonçalves Mendes

Quinta da Rosa - Vinhos, 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. Arlindo da Costa Pinto e Cruz Quinta do Osório, Lda. Armando Filipe Lacerda Queirós

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

Quinta do Pessegueiro - Sociedade Agrícola e Comercial, Lda. Bernardo Maria Freire Albuquerque Nápoles de Carvalho Quinta do Querindelo, Lda. Bertilde Botelho Elias Quinta do Sairrão, Sociedade Agrícola, S.A. Carlos Alberto Sousa Sampaio Magalhães

Quinta do Vallado - Sociedade Agrícola, Lda. César Augusto Correia de Sequeira

Quinta do Ventozelo – Soc. Agrícola e Comercial, S.A. Charles Andrew Nunes Symington


11

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS (continued) Maria Paula Carmona de Abreu de Azeredo Malheiro Girão

Maria Susana Teixeira de Azevedo Pinto Ribeiro Sousa Uva

Domingos Guilhermino dos Reis Alves de Sousa Maria Virgínia Borges Gonçalves Costa Mendes

Eduardo Francisco Bessa da Costa Seixas Maria Zita Ernestina Ferreira Pinto da Cunha Rola Fernando de Sousa Botelho Albuquerque Mário Joaquim da Rocha Braga, Herdeiros

Francisco Júlio Marinho Oliveira Passos Mário Joaquim Mendonça Abreu Lima

Inês Sofia Gomes de Sousa Botelho Albuquerque Natália Neusa Correia Cigarro Miranda Brás

Isabel Maria da Costa Fevereiro Olímpio Augusto da Paz, Cabeça de Casal da herança de Jhon Andrew Douglas Symington Paul Douglas Symington

João Baptista de Castro Girão de Azeredo Leme Pedro Manuel Martins de Castro e Costa

João Henrique Pereira da Silva e S.P.M. Moreira Peter Ronald Symington

João Manuel Araújo dos Santos Pompeu Barros Viseu João Pereira Rebelo Pôncio Martins Ribeiro

Joaquim Norberto Campos Rodrigues dos Santos Teresinha Maria Coelho Ribeiro de Miranda

Jorge Bernardo Lacerda de Queirós Tomás Guedes de Almeida Holtreman Roquette

Jorge Botelho Elias Vicent Bouchard

Jorge Rosas Vinhos Unipessoal, Lda.

José Agostinho Fernandes Lacerda HONORARY MEMBERS

José Alberto Pinto de Azevedo

José António Teixeira Martins Acácio Manuel Poças Maia

José Arnaldo Coutinho Alexandre José Pina de Carvalho

José Carlos de Morais Calheiros Cruz, Herdeiros António Rocha Pinto

José Correia Barrigas de Azevedo António de Vasconcelos Maia

José Luís Matos Rodrigues de Figueiredo António J. Albuquerque de Oliveira Quinta

José Manuel Morais Barata António J.S. de Oliveira Bessa

José Maria Ramos, Herdeiros António Jorge Ferreira Filipe

José Ramos da Fonseca Charles Andrew Nunes Symington

José Van Zeller de Serpa Pimentel Christian Seely

Laura Maria Valente Barreto Nogueira Regueiro Cristiano José Seabra Van Zeller

Luís Baptista Pinto de Figueiredo, Cabeça de Casal Fernando Bianchi de Aguiar

Luís Soares Duarte - Vinhos - Unipessoal, Lda. Fernando Luís Van Zeller

Macário de Castro da Fonseca Pereira Coutinho Francisco Barata Tovar

Manuel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira George T.D. Sandeman

Manuel da Costa Pinto Hespanhol João Manuel M. de Almeida Barros

Manuel Fernandes Lebres João Pedro Larangeiro Ramalho

Manuel Joaquim Freire D'Almeida Gouveia John Gordon Guimarães

Manuel Mouzinho de Albuquerque de Mascarenhas Gaivão José Alfredo Pinto Gaspar

Maria Adelaide Pinto dos Santos José Manuel Froés Burguete de Sousa Soares

Maria Alcina Fortes de Carvalho José Maria d’Orey Soares Franco

Maria Amélia Branco Xavier de Araújo Manuel Ângelo Oliveira de Almeida Barros

Maria Amélia Correia Xavier Soares Miguel Côrte-Real da Silva Gomes

Maria Amélia Cyrne Correia Pacheco Lobato Faria Nuno d’Orey Cancela de Abreu

Maria Antónia de Nazaret Bernardo Azevedo Narciso Nuno Pizarro Magalhães

Maria Beirão Costa Pinto Almeida Silva Pedro Miguel Cunha de Sá

Maria Celina Gomes Parente do Patrocínio Peter Ronald Symington

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

Maria Luísa da Graça Paulo Ferreira da Rocha

Maria Manuela Matos Silva Fonseca

Maria Manuela Pizarro Montenegro Seixas Fego

Maria Manuela Vasques Osório de Amorim

Maria Natália Lameirão Monteiro de González


12

5. RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

5.1. Climate change

5.1.1. Impact of climate change

To respond to the concerns of the wine sector, and taking into account the preparation of the flagship project on

the Impact of Climate Change, various contacts were made with Prof. Gregory Jones from the University of Oregon

(UO), which led to a tour of the Douro Region in August to determine the general framework for the project to be

developed.

Following the working meetings, information was compiled to support the development of the project and we

began to structure the database to support short-term actions, including:

• Collecting and analysing reference data for the Douro Region;

• Supporting the development and calibration of a harvest quality index;

• Developing tools to improve the spatial resolution of climate data for the region;

• Developing and calibrating a zoning model for the variability of regional production;

• Drafting risk maps for biotic and abiotic stress.

5.1.2. Preparing a quality index for assessment of the winegrowing year

Taking into account the importance of drawing up a compound index to

permit more objective assessment of winegrowing years, for validation

of climate change effects, and based on the main objectives of ADVID's

annual tastings of harvest wines, the FEUP - Faculty of Engineering of

the University of Porto (Prof. José António Sarsfield Cabral and Prof.

José Luís Cabral de Moura Borges) was asked to set up an annual

quality index on the quality of wine produced. Throughout 2010,

several meetings were held with the FEUP working team, and FEUP

admitted a doctorate grant holder, António Côrte-Real, to work

exclusively on this subject. The winemakers of Members were also

surveyed on their perception of the quality of Port wines from 1993 to 2008.

To pursue this objective, the 17th Annual Harvest Wine Tasting was held on 25 and 26 March and 8 and 9 April

2010, at the School of Biotechnology (ESB), Porto, the first dates being for Douro DOC and the second dates for

Fortified Wines, data collection software having been used.

In addition to fortified wines, Douro DOC wines were tasted, although this year only red wines, all the samples

having been analysed in advance, the main aim having been to establish a framework for visual assessment

parameters.

Photo 1 - Tasting – assessment of criteria and tasting form.


13

As has been the case in previous years, the tasting sessions were organised by category (representative quality,

maximum quality and varieties). An average of 12 tasters were present at each session. The usual presentation and

discussion of the winegrowing year took place at the last session, on 9 April 2010.

5.1.3. Water relations of the grapevine

The aim of this project is to understand the effect of different water regimes on the viticultural and oenological

behaviour of the Touriga Nacional variety. Initially developed and concentrated on the Quinta dos Aciprestes trial

block, in 2007 it was extended to two new locations (Quinta da Granja/Leda and Quinta do Noval), at the request of

the members, which thus formed two new reference blocks for this issue.

� Quinta dos Aciprestes (Soutelo do Douro)

This trial has monitored, since 2002, the water status of vines, subject to three drip irrigation rates (0%, 30% and

60% of the cPET – corrected Potential Evapotranspiration), between June and the end of September (12

observations). Base leaf water potential and changes in soil water were monitored from 15 June until 20

September. Ripening was monitored through brief analysis and phenolic components and at the harvest the

behaviour of production parameters for the different modalities was determined. Management of the water status

of the vine requires appropriate monitoring tools. This trial studied various water status indicators, for the soil and

the plant. In 2010 we continued to study the soil humidity using a TDR sensor, base water and minimum leaf

potential, using a pressure chamber (Scholander pump).

Fig. 2 - Seasonal changes in the base water potential, on the reference block located on Quinta dos Aciprestes (TN x 196-17). Results from 2002 to 2010.


14

� Quinta da Granja (Almendra)

In July and September, two observations were made of changes in water in the soil and in the plant, using the base

water potential. Ripening was monitored and yield parameters were assessed.

� Quinta do Noval (Pinhão)

On this trial block, set up in a vineyard laid out in one-row micro-patamares, two modalities (0%, 30% of cPET) with

three repetitions were also studied. The irrigation period was shorter than in the other trial locations, since the

monitoring followed by the base water potential suggested a reduced need for irrigation.

For this trial there were 13 observations of plant water status and soil water, between June and September, to

enable us to characterise, in addition to the response of the vine to irrigation, the water relations of the plant,

when installed in this type of land layout. The monitoring of ripening took place on 3 dates and at the harvest 20

vines were controlled per modality, totalling 120, and after pruning, the weight of the pruning wood from the

different modalities was determined.

5.2. Sustainable Production

5.2.1. Behaviour of varieties and rootstocks

At the 2010 harvest, the yield parameters of pruning wood weight as well as summary and phenolic ripening were

assessed for the trial set up in Quinta da Cavadinha, which involves 4 varieties (Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca,

Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca) and 5 rootstocks (R99, R110, 1103P, 196-17 and R. Lot).

5.2.2. Prediction of harvest potential using the pollen method

The aim of this project, which started in 1992 and has support from IVDP, with laboratory and statistical analysis by

the Faculty of Sciences at UP, is the application of a methodology for rapid harvest prediction based on analysis of

the atmospheric pollen count, observed in three locations in the Region.

The pollen collectors were put into place on 11 May in Cambres and Valença do Douro and on 18 May in Vila Nova

de Foz Côa and all were removed on 15 June. Figure 3 presents the flowering rate for the three pollen collection

locations.

The high concentration of pollen collected and subsequent data processing and drawing up of estimates for 2010

suggested for the year a high yield potential, with a prediction interval of between 303 and 366 thousand barrels of

must, representing a significant increase compared with the yield declared in 2009.


15

Fig. 3 - Pollen emissions and climate conditions for Peso da Régua, Valença do Douro and Vila Nova de Foz Côa (pollen flow in Peso da Régua expressed in grains of pollen.m-2.dia-1.10-5). (Atmospheric pollen flow expressed in grains of pollen.m-2 instead of the usual atmospheric pollen concentration expressed in grains of pollen.m-3)

Prediction of harvest potential in the DDR

Unit Minimum Average Maximum

hL x 1 000 1 666 1 831 2 014

Barrels x 1 000 303 333 366

Table 1 - Prediction interval for the potential must harvest in 2010. In thousands of hectolitres and barrels of must.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

01-05 06-05 11-05 16-05 21-05 26-05 31-05 05-06 10-06 15-06 20-06 25-06 30-06

PESO DA RÉGUA

Pre

c. (m

m)

/ A

vg.

Tem

p.

°° °°C

/RH

%/2

/ 1

5 º

C

Nu

mb

er

of

po

llen

gra

ins.

m-2

.10

-s

DATES

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

01-05 06-05 11-05 16-05 21-05 26-05 31-05 05-06 10-06 15-06 20-06 25-06 30-06

VALENÇA DO DOURO

Pre

c. (

mm

) / A

vg. T

emp.

ºC/

RH

%/2

/ 1

5 ºC

Num

ber

of

pol

len

gra

ins.

m-2

.10-s

DATES

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

01-05 06-05 11-05 16-05 21-05 26-05 31-05 05-06 10-06 15-06 20-06 25-06 30-06

Pre

c. (

mm

) /A

vg. T

em

p. º

C/R

H %

/2/

15

ºC

Nu

mb

er o

f p

olle

n g

rain

s.m

-2.1

0-s

DATES

VILA NOVA DE FOZ CÔA

Number of pollens/m2 air (Vitis) P(mm) AvgTemp. °C

15 ºC HR (%)/2 3 Méd. móv. per. (AvgTemp. °C)


16

Budbreak, cluster size and fruit set conditions for the Touriga Franca and Tinta Roriz varieties, among others,

contributed to this yield expectation.

The final yield expectation will be dependent on climate conditions during ripening, with the final yield being

adjusted within the predicted yield interval.

5.2.3. Tinta Roriz pollination - flowering anomalies

Following the yield prediction project and anomalies in the flowering of Tinta Roriz plants already having been

identified in previous years, this problem was submitted to the team from the Palynology Laboratory at the Faculty

of Sciences of Porto University, which began to study the issues surrounding this question in the context of a

Masters degree.

Based on the blocks and vines identified by ADVID, morphological, productive and qualitative anomalies were

identified in the flowers, clusters and must respectively. DNA tests were carried out and their viticultural and

oenological behaviour was studied. Future work is suggested to compare any differences in pollen fertility and to

observe the persistence of the anomalies.

The MA thesis by Ricardo Costa Pinto entitled “Characterisation of atypical flowers in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Aragonez”

and 4 scientific articles at four conferences, their authorship shared with ADVID through the technician Paulo

Costa, were presented in 2010.

5.2.4 Control of the grapevine moth using the mating disruption method

Protection against the grapevine moth using the mating disruption (MD) method has been studied by ADVID since

2000. Knowledge acquired over the course of a decade ensured the identification of strong points where its

effectiveness can be maximised, as well as some restrictions that limit its use. This knowledge has been made

available to all members and has even led to the 2010 publication of the Technical Manual No. 4 “Mating

disruption of the grapevine moth in the DDR” and to the dissemination of information available at technical

colloquia held both in Portugal and abroad (3rd CERVIM, Sicily).

In addition to the diffusion of knowledge acquired, members with greater interest in the application of more

sustainable means of protection against the grapevine moth asked ADVID for specialised support in this context,

particularly in programming the application of dispensers in the field, in the training of technical personnel and

agricultural workers of the company and other employees involved and in evaluation of the effectiveness of this

means of control during the campaign, through monitoring of moth damage both in locations subject to MD and

in reference blocks (without MD). Thus, in 2010, following on from previous years, ADVID accompanied and

provided specialised technical support to certain quintas namely São Luís, Vallado, Cidrô, Ventozelo, Carvalhas

and Dona Matilde. To this end, it benefitted from the cooperation of technical staff from the companies involved,


17

who were responsible for installing the dispensers, monitoring the pheromone traps and accompanying us during

all the sampling.

The effectiveness of this method was evaluated by comparison of both the captures obtained in a pheromone

trap placed within the MD area and captures in a trap placed in a control area without dispensers, and damage

occurring in both locations (3 risk estimates made over 3 generations and a final estimate at harvest).

The grapevine moth had a very high biotic potential in 2010 and more than 2000 adult males were observed in

some pheromone traps, which may have in itself affected the effectiveness of MD in some locations (e.g. Vallado,

Ventozelo), there being a need to supplement its action with the application of insecticide treatments, above all

during the 2nd and 3rd generations. In some locations, there was even a 4th flight of this moth (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4 - Flight curve of the grapevine moth in 2010 (data collected by Quinta do Vallado).

Although the moth had ideal conditions for its development in 2010, no significant presence of grey rot nor sour

rot was observed, as a result of the climate conditions during the ripening period.

The blocks with the best results in 2010 were those that presented from the outset better natural characteristics

(less moth pressure, less slopes, greater consistency (e.g. Quinta do Cidrô), where the moth was controlled,

without using any treatment, or those where, despite a history of greater presence of the moth, the area with

dispensers was significantly increased (Quinta de São Luís, 82 hectares).

5.2.5. Emerging pests

ADVID provided specialised support for the monitoring of emerging pests in the DDR, including the two-spotted

spider mite, which has been occurring more significantly in the Douro Superior, vine mealybugs in blocks located

close to watercourses and the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball., the vector of Flavescence Dorée, which occur

more significantly in blocks located near Vila Real. Notable was the close collaboration of ADVID with DRAPN in

surveying this leafhopper and any other vectors liable to occur in the DDR, as well as in the systematisation of the

information collected on flight curves, in order to contribute to the definition of protection strategies.

ADVID has taken a leading role in the monitoring of developments in emerging pests, particularly of the

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

05-03 19-03 02-04 16-04 30-04 14-05 28-05 11-06 25-06 09-07 23-07 06-08 20-08 03-09 17-09 01-10 15-10

Test (1) Test (2) Test (3) CS-1 CS- 2 CS-3


18

leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball., the vector of Flavescence Dorée, resulting in the publication of an article in

2004 at the ATEVA symposium which summarised information on its biological cycle in Vila Real, where it was first

observed. In 2010 ADVID collaborated with DRAPN in surveying this leafhopper and any other vectors liable to

occur in the DDR, as well as in the systematisation of the information collected on flight curves, in order to

contribute to the definition of protection strategies.

ADVID also provided specialised support on the monitoring of pests such as the two-spotted spider mite, which

has been occurring more significantly in the Douro Superior, in hotter locations and from May on. While vine

mealybugs Planococcus ficus (Signoret), in the family Psaeudococcidae, more harmful in the Douro, have been

observed with greater intensity in blocks located close to watercourses, on different varieties (e.g. Tinta Roriz,

Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional), scale insects from the family Coccidae cause less direct damage but have

been observed more often within clusters (close to the rachis) and are not a major concern to winegrowers,

although it is known that they may be related to the transmission of viruses.

5.2.6. Monitoring of powdery mildew and downy mildew

Using a block in the Baixo Corgo in order to assess/study the effectiveness of the strategy to control downy mildew

on vines in 2010, we accompanied developments in the disease. The trial took place on a block in the Baixo Corgo

sub-region with around 0.3 ha and where the predominant variety is Tinta Roriz, which is a representative variety in

the region and quite sensitive to this disease. On the same block, the development of powdery mildew was also

monitored at the same time.

Figure 2 - Development of downy mildew and powdery mildew in the region (example for the Régua (Baixo Corgo) climate station). Photo No. 2 (on the right) - Covering the control before each treatment.

Oídio

Míldio

Infecção primária Mancha de óleo Oídio na folha Míldio ou oídio no cacho

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

01

-04

08

-04

15

-04

22

-04

29

-04

06

-05

13

-05

20

-05

27

-05

03

-06

10

-06

17

-06

24

-06

Pre

c. (m

m)

Tem

p. (

ºC)

DATASR (mm) Temp. (ºC)


19

5.3. Preserving the genetic variability of grape varieties

5.3.1. PORVID - Portuguese Association for Grapevine Diversity

In 2009, ADVID in partnership with other institutions, associations and companies in the wine sector founded the

Portuguese Association for Grapevine Diversity - PORVID.

The central objective of the association is to bring together skills and resources to preserve and develop the genetic

diversity of grape varieties and wild populations of grapevines, disseminating the knowledge produced and offering

foundations for the quality and identity of Portuguese wines.

In 2010, PORVID signed an agreement with the Minister for Agriculture to transfer the management and use of the

Pegões Experimental Centre, to set up the Association's experimental unit.

With a view to preserving grapevine diversity, in 2010 ADVID, DRAPN and IVDP surveyed and collected material

from old vineyards subject to conversion, in order to preserve the genetic heritage at risk of being lost. ADVID also

took part in the working session dedicated to defining short-term strategies for surveying plant material, the

identification of Vitis silvestris and experimentation and dissemination measures to be launched by PORVID.

5.3.2. Clonal selection of grapevines

In 2010, we continued to monitor clonal selection fields in Quinta da Granja in Alijó - owned by the Member

Companhia Geral da Agricultura do Norte, during grafting and harvest data collection.

5.4. Grape quality assessment

5.4.1. Non-destructive analysis of grape berries – Touriga Franca

On 23 September 2010 analyses were made of around 200 vines corresponding to approximately 1 ha of vines by

spectroradiometry using the VINE-Pat equipment, developed at the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) – School

of Biotechnology (ESB) and University of Minho (UMinho), by Prof. César Ferreira and Prof. Rui Martins,

respectively.

The variety used was a block of vinha ao alto Touriga Franca on Quinta dos Aciprestes belonging to the Member

Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro.

The VINE-Pat methodology is based on UV-VIS-SWNIR spectroscopy techniques and is used essentially to obtain

high quality images of vine metabolism in order to permit precision viticulture. In addition it can be used for non-

invasive study of ripening progress, in other words, without collecting berries, for most of the parameters analysed

using classical methods.


20

Photo 3 – The team that accompanied Prof. César Ferreira and Prof. Rui Martins in the assessment of the Touriga Franca block – Quinta dos

Aciprestes.

5.5. Functional biodiversity in viticulture

5.5.1. Ecological infrastructure in the biological conservation protection against grapevine pests, in

the DDR (Demarcated Douro Region)

The aim of this work of a period of around 36 months is to contribute to increasing functional biodiversity of vines

in the Demarcated Douro Region, by setting up a suitable network of ecological infrastructure (EI) with the essential

objective of encouraging the activity of natural enemies of crop pests, especially those that act on the grapevine

moth.

The activities take place in three wine estates in the sub-region of Cima Corgo, namely the quintas of São Luís

(Sogevinus Vinhos, S.A.), Quinta do Seixo (SOGRAPE Vinhos, S.A.) and Quinta das Carvalhas (Real Companhia

Velha). Of the tasks envisaged, the following began in 2010:

� Characterisation of the main plant communities

2 botanical surveys per estate (with around 20 to 25 sampling points), one in May, the other in September, with

identification of the plant species present both within the vineyard and in ecological infrastructure (EI) in their

vicinity. Information was collected on the flowering periods of the main species over the course of the programme.

� Characterisation of the arthropod fauna in plant communities

Arthropods were collected on the vine and in the EI using three sampling methods: D-VAC suction, yellow

chromotropic traps and Pitfall type traps. The specimens caught are being photographed and classified in

morphotypes, using the Rapid Biodiversity Assessment (RBA) method and a classification file has been created that

may be used as a support tool in the future.

Monthly surveys were conducted, consisting of the observation of the arthropod fauna present on the most

abundant plant species on the estates, in order to analyse their potential interest in attracting moth predators and


21

parasitoids.

Photo 4 - Adult syrphid (predator hoverfly) feeding on the pollen of Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage). Photo 5 - Mirid feeding on an aphid. Photo 6 - Thomisidae spider waiting for prey on a dandelion flower.

5.5.2. BioDiVine

ADVID, in cooperation with 6 partners1 from 3 European countries (France, Spain and Portugal), is part of a

consortium that submitted an application in September 2009 to the European Programme LIFE+ (Nature and

Biodiversity 2009), which was approved in May 2010 and officially launched in September 2010.

The main objective of this project is to increase functional biodiversity in viticulture through the landscape, in order

to encourage the natural limitation of grapevine pests and diseases. The project intends to promote the creation of

semi-natural complementary spaces, or ecological ("green") infrastructure in vineyards, such as hedges, ground

cover and/or headlands, the restoration of stone walls, in order to host arthropods, birds, small mammals, fungi,

plants, etc. The aim is to increase plant biodiversity and to create conditions that encourage and support animal

biodiversity.

For the purpose, over the course of the project (2011-2014), cartographic characterisation studies will be made of

the landscape on 3 locations in the region and the arthropod, bird and mammal fauna will be monitored in

experimental blocks where this ecological infrastructure will be increased, in order to improve the winegrowing

ecosystem.

The results will be disclosed through the development of a website with educational tools on the project, and

through the creation of management plans and a technical guide for producers. Knowledge transfer will take place

through conferences, publications and workshops.

In 2010, in addition to participation in meetings to launch the project and analyse the technical protocols to be

developed, in Nîmes and Bordeaux respectively, ADVID worked to prepare tools for analysis of the locations to be

studied.

Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 4


22

1Partners: Organisation Country

• Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin (IFV) France

• Association pour la Recherche et le Développement en Viticulture Durable (ARD-VD) France

• Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICVV-CSIC) Spain

• Diputació de Barcelona (DIBA) Spain

• Comissão de Viticultura da Regiao dos Vinhos Verdes (CVRVV) Portugal

• Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (ADVID) Portugal

• Euroquality (EQY) France

5.5.3. Effect of cultivation practices on the biodiversity of microorganisms beneficial to vine nutrition

and health

The biological activity of the soil is essential for nutrition, health and the tolerance of plants to unfavourable

growing conditions. Soil microorganisms include several functional groups that have earned particular attention

due to their ecological importance and the potential for manipulation of their populations, such as mycorrhizal

fungi and entomopathogenic fungi, as well as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and enzyme producers

(cellulases, chitinases, ureases, etc.), siderophores, antibiotics or antifungals. Given the impact of cultivation

practices on biodiversity and the biological activity of the soil, there is great interest in assessing the effect of

different vine training methods on the structure of its microbial populations.

In order to obtain preliminary information on the microbial biodiversity of the soil in vineyards cultivated

organically and with integrated protection, two vineyards were selected in a DDR estate located in Cima Corgo, on

Quinta das Lages, where 5 samples were collected of roots and soil from each vineyard.

Despite the limited number of samples, which prevents conclusions from being reached, a large number of

bacterial morphotypes were isolated in the soil cultivated with integrated protection. However, a higher number of

actinomycetes was obtained in the vineyard cultivated organically. This functional group of bacteria is recognised

for its antagonist properties against phytopathogenic fungi. The sample also helped the development of a fast and

simple method for assessment of soil structure, which needs to be confirmed in other situations.

These results, which are preliminary and require future confirmation, point to a better soil structure in the organic

vineyard, with plant cover, possibly due to the larger percentage of glomalin and other mucilaginous substances

resulting from the greater abundance of mycorrhizal fungi.

This work was developed at UTAD (Prof. Guilhermina Marques) with the cooperation of ADVID and Quinta das

Lages – Symington.


23

Photo 7 and 8 – Collection of soil sample.

5.6. Support for experimental development

5.6.1. Collection, processing and dissemination of climate information

ADVID operates a network of automated climate stations (ADCON Telemetry), comprising 6 units installed by

ADVID and in cooperation with members, located in Régua, Adorigo, Pinhão, Tua, Vesúvio and Vilariça, at

elevations of up to 180 m, close to the River Douro, providing monitoring of changes in climate conditions

throughout the Demarcated Douro Region.

The information collected supports ADVID's experimentation activities and after being processed is sent to

members, each week, during the growth cycle, to support decision taking concerning phytosanitary treatments and

ripening assessment.

Since 2006, evapotranspiration information has also been available for three locations, to help prepare water

balances. In 2010 a new model for the presentation of climate data was introduced and the rate of circulation of

weekly data during the growth cycle was increased, particularly extreme occurrences.

6. SUPPORT SERVICES FOR GOOD FARMING PRACTICES BY OPERATORS IN THE DDR

6.1. Technical support for integrated vine production

In the context of the development of the Integrated Production and Protection programme, ADVID monitored

members' blocks, collecting information and providing the training necessary for correct application of these

Production and Protection methods, supplementing this with the publication of Technical Bulletins, Circulars to

accompany the vine growth cycle and the development of diseases and pests, and training.

Lists of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides approved in Integrated Protection were also drawn up, with the

corresponding technical standards for the use of the various active substances.


24

Lists of Plant protection products approved in Integrated Protection Date

List of Herbicides approved in IP 15-01-10

List of Health Warnings 15-01-10

List of Excoriose Fungicides approved in IP 01-03-10

List of insecticides and acaricides approved in IP 07-04-10

List of Downy Mildew Fungicides approved in IP 14-04-10

List of Powdery Mildew Fungicides approved in IP 19-04-10

List of fungicides approved for Grey Rot in IP 22-06-10

List of Insecticides with special authorisation for Flavescence Dorée in IP 22-06-10

Information bulletins Date

BI 01-10 - Young vine decline - Short Notes 15-01-10

BI 02-10 - Herbicides - Guidelines for their use in the Integrated Production of Grapes 15-01-10

BI 03-10 - Cross-Compliance Rules 11-03-10

BI 04-10 - Bud-feeding insects 29-03-10

BI 04-10 - Bud-feeding insects (update) 07-04-10

BI 05-10 - Excoriose 07-04-10

BI 06-10 - Integrated Production of Grapes 01-03-10

BI 07-10 - Integrated Territorial Intervention in the Douro Wine Region - ITI DV 01-03-10

BI 08-10 - Support for Quality Schemes 01-03-10

BI 09-10 - Continuation of Farming in Less-Favoured Areas - MZD 01-03-10

BI 10-10 - Specific support for improvement of the quality of agricultural products - Supplementary aid for olive oil and table olives

01-03-10

BI 11-10 - Area Payment for Nuts 01-03-10

BI 12-10 - Green Electricity 01-03-10

BI 13-10 - The winegrowing year - Predicted Yield Potential 2010 08-07-10

BI 14-10 - Interventions in the World Heritage (Alto Douro Wine Region) and/or REN areas 21-09-10


25

Follow-up circulars on the phytosanitary situation, winegrowing year and information Date

Circular 01-10 – Applications 01 19-02-10

Circular 02-10 - Applications 02 - Salas de Parcelário 26-02-10

Circular 03-10 - Changes in sum of active temperatures 05-03-10

Circular 05-10 - Excoriose 07-04-10

Circular 06-10 - Vine Feeding Insects 07-04-10

Circular 07-10 - Downy Mildew and Powdery Mildew 19-04-10

Circular 07-10 - Downy Mildew and Powdery Mildew - Update 22-04-10

Circular 08-10 - Developments in Downy Mildew and Powdery Mildew 27-04-10

Circular 09-10 - New period for collection of the empty packaging 10-05-10


Circular 11-10 - Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew, Grapevine Moths and Foliar Analysis 02-06-10

Circular 12-10 - Developments in Powdery Mildew, Downy mildew and Grapevine Moth 07-06-10


Circular 14-10 - Developments in Downy Mildew and Powdery Mildew 15-06-10

Circular 15-10 - Developments in Grapevine Moths 17-06-10

Circular 16-10 - Developments in Powdery Mildew and Downy Mildew 09-07-10

Circular 17-10 - Ripening Analysis 27-07-10

Circular 18-10 - Grapevine Moths and Leafhoppers 28-07-10

Circular 19-10 - Developments in Grapevine Moths in the DDR 20-08-10

Circular 20-10 - New period for collection of the empty packaging 13-10-10

With regard to applications for Agri-Environmental measures, the ADVID technical services submitted 148 single

applications concerning 185 Production units, with a total of 5,660 ha of vineyards applying under Integrated

Production and 266 ha under Organic Production, 8,102 sub-blocks having been processed. For 2011 (Agri-Silvo and

Environmental Applications), 68 applications were made for amendments to existing commitments.

In addition to these measures, applications were also made for SPS (Single Payment Schemes), MZDs (Continuation

of Farming in Less-Favoured Areas), ITI-DV (Integrated Territorial Intervention in the Douro Wine Region), Support

for Quality Schemes and other measures of less importance in our area of intervention.

During this period, we also formalised Green Electricity applications from members who showed an interest in

applying for this aid in the 2010 Single Application.

ADVID also drew up and distributed supporting information on legislation, provided support for administrative

questions raised by IFAP and monitored certification of the measures, through support for the preparation of fie

documents, technical support and the compilation of technical documents.

The following figures present a statistical summary of the files prepared and the potential for

members in 2010 (values estimated on the basis of applications, w

areas).

Fig. 5 – Total and percentage distribution of applications and their files prepared and total aid received (the integrated total on the left and details per agri

7%

12%

14%

Total das Ajudas

1,589,347.13 €

ARQ226,489.68 €

1,071,026.26

RPU187,490.39 €

MZD's104,340.8 €

ADVID ▪ Demarcated Douro Region Wine Cluster


questions raised by IFAP and monitored certification of the measures, through support for the preparation of fie

documents, technical support and the compilation of technical documents.

The following figures present a statistical summary of the files prepared and the potential for

members in 2010 (values estimated on the basis of applications, without considering subsequent adjustments in

Total and percentage distribution of applications and their files prepared and total aid received (the integrated total on the left and details per agri-environmental measure on the right).

5%

3%

25%

249 MAA Applications

185 Production Units

ITI DV806 ha

MPB VN, OL, AM, CT 266 ha

PRODI OL168 ha

67%

MAA1,071,026.26 €

2%

5%

31%Total Aid MAA

1,071,026.26 €

ITI DV331,851.46 €

MPB VN, OL, AM, CT 54,296.55 €

PRODI OL23,585.20 €

Wine Cluster ▪ Annual Report 2010

26


questions raised by IFAP and monitored certification of the measures, through support for the preparation of field

The following figures present a statistical summary of the files prepared and the potential for channelling aid to

ithout considering subsequent adjustments in

Total and percentage distribution of applications and their files prepared and total aid received (the integrated

67%

MAA Applications

Production Units

PRODI VN5660 ha

62%

PRODI VN661,293.25 €


27

6.2. Oenology

6.2.1. Ripening control

In addition to the immediate aim of providing members with the results of

ripening progress on the respective blocks, a general objective of this initiative

was the creation of a database on the behaviour of the main varieties in the

different sub-regions of the Douro.

Members participating in this initiative were provided with customised reports on the behaviour of their blocks, with

regard to routine tests: Weight (g); Volume of liquid (mL); Potential alcohol (%); Total Acidity (mg/L Tartaric Acid)

and pH; and Phenolic ripening: Total anthocyanins; Extractable anthocyanins; Total polyphenols (TP); Anthocyanin

extractability - AE (%) and Tannin maturation - TM (%).

In 2010, 20 members and 1 non-member subscribed to this service, registering for the testing of ripening

assessment on nearly 220 vineyard blocks, which took place between 27 July and 8 October 2010, 1,125 tests

having been carried out. In addition, 104 ripening tests on ADVID trials were carried out, totalling 1,229 routine and

phenolic tests processed in the laboratory.

7. DISSEMINATION, COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING

7.1. ADVID Prize 2010 – Jorge Ferreira

In 2007, ADVID set up an annual prize intended to distinguish a professional researcher, undergraduate, masters or

doctorate student, of any nationality, for a previously unpublished work in any scientific area that is of substantial

importance for winegrowing in the Demarcated Douro Region.

Each year, the Prize is given the name of a person who has made a distinguished contribution to the development

of winegrowing in the Douro Region. In 2010 the person chosen was Jorge Ferreira, one of the founders of ADVID

and a member of the first Executive Board elected in 1982.

Born in Porto in 1934, Jorge Ferreira devoted his whole professional life to the Douro, one of his great passions!

Immediately after graduating in Civil Engineering, he began working as a Director for Casa Ferreira (A.A. Ferreira),

being responsible for the production and management of the Quintas in the Douro, a position he held until 1985,

when he decided to devote himself 100% to the management of Quinta do Vallado, which he owned. He died in

1992.

Photo 9 - ADVID Laboratory – Ripening control.


28

Based on a selection of works by the ADVID Directors, the Jury decided to present the 2010 Jorge Ferreira Prize to

the work:

"Highlighting Features of Spatiotemporal Spread of Powdery Mildew Epidemics in the Vineyard Using Statistical

Modeling on Field Experimental Data", which was developed by the Department of Plant Health (A. Calonnec, P.

Cartolaro) and Biometrics Station (J. Chadoeuf) of the INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) in

France.

Brief summary of the prizewinning work

Powdery mildew is one the most problematic fungal diseases for Portuguese viticulture, found in all regions and

causing significant damage.

The management of interventions against powdery mildew is based in the preferred treatment periods, covering

relatively long periods of time (e.g. between the onset of flowering and cluster closure) requiring substantial

expenditure of resources and application of fungicides.

With this work, the authors sought to develop a stochastic model that identifies the expected form of dispersion of

the disease within a block, in terms of the detection of primary foci (always very difficult to identify) and from that

estimates the variation and progress of the disease.

Photo 10 – Award of the ADVID Prize 2010. Photo 11 – 2010 ADVID Prize winners with the President of ADVID, José Manso.

7.2. Dissemination of knowledge and technology transfer

Throughout 2010, various workshops, symposia and information events were held and will now be described in

brief and in chronological order.

� "Cross-Compliance Rules and common areas with Integrated Production"

Dates: 8 and 10 February

Venues: São João da Pesqueira and Régua

Speaker: Cristina Carlos

Photo 10 Photo 11


29

At these two sessions, clarifications were given regarding Cross-Compliance Rules and the need for their

coordination with the rules of Integrated Production Methods. Support materials concerning this topic were also

distributed.

� Symposium - "Biodiversity, creating value between Ecology and Economy"

Date: 8 July

Venue: Pinhão

Guest speakers: Prof. Antero Martins, Prof. Laura Torres, Dr. Mark Jervis, Prof. José Carlos Franco, Prof.

Guilhermina Marques, Prof. Raul Rodrigues, Prof. Cristina Amaro da Costa, Dr. Damien Wilson, Dr. Joël

Rochard, Prof. António Crespi and Cristina Carlos.

Guest moderators: José Manso, David Guimaraens, Cristiano Van Zeller.

In the context of the International Year of Biodiversity, and pursuing its mission through one of its priorities, ADVID

organised on 8 July 2010 the Symposium - “Biodiversity in viticulture: value creation between Ecology and the

Economy”.

With this event, ADVID sought to bring to the Douro Region renowned researchers in this area, both Portuguese

and foreign, with the aim of promoting debate on the sustainable preservation of winegrowing in the oldest

Demarcated Region in the world and also to disseminate its own action plan in the field of Biodiversity (Genetic

biodiversity of the grapevine and Functional biodiversity in viticulture), thus justifying the option for this topic for

two Flagship Projects of the “Douro Wine Cluster”.


30

Photo 12 - Opening of the symposium by the Chairman of ADVID, José Manso, and the Chairman of IVDP, Luciano Vilhena Pereira. Photo 13 -

Tour of the vineyard at Quinta das Carvalhas, during the 2nd Session of the Symposium.

� Workshop “Ampelography and preservation of the genetic resources of grape varieties in the

Demarcated Douro Region”

Dates: 6, 13 and 20 July

Venues: Régua and Casais do Douro

Guest speakers: Prof. Nuno Magalhães, Dr. Eiras-Dias, Prof. Antero Martins and Dr. Paulo Costa

With a view to increasing knowledge of the most common varieties in the Demarcated Douro Region, their

identification, adaptation and viticultural behaviour, ADVID successfully organised a course entitled

“Ampelography and preservation of the genetic resources of grape varieties in the Demarcated Douro Region”.

On the other hand, questions related to the preservation of genetic vine resources, the biodiversity associated with

varieties and their use, their selection and the interest for the wine sector of the presence of Vitis sylvestris, highly

topical issues, were also the focus of special attention.

Photos 14 and 15 – Field Class – recognition of varieties in the ampelographic collection of Quinta de Santa Barbara – DRAP-N – Pinhão.

� Workshop "Grape Quality Assessment”

Date: 20 August

Venue: Régua

Guest speakers: José Luís Silva and Paulo Costa

Advance knowledge of the main characteristics of grapes is increasingly important for qualitative reasons as well as

for their improvement in accordance with the wine intended. For this reason, a workshop was held on 20 August in

Régua to study the meaning of each parameter in the ripening test and their importance for winemakers, their

impact on scheduling the harvest date, on the selection of grapes for each type of wine and on the determination

of the technological path to be followed.

Practical aspects of sampling techniques were also discussed and the performance of the ADVID laboratory and its

results were assessed.

Photos 16 and 17 - Presentation by José Luis Silva at the Workshop "Grape Quality Assessment”.

� What it is the “Douro Region Wine Cluster"?

Date: 3 September

Venue: Régua

Speaker: Fernando Alves

Information session for members, partners and sector players in the “Douro Region Wine Cluster”

Photos 18 and 19 - Audience during the Session: What it is the “Douro Region Wine Cluster”?

� "Douro Region Wine Cluster –

Date: 26 November

Venue: Porto

Guest Speaker: António Graça

A session to present actions and opportunities related to the Cluster was held on 26 November at the IVDP

auditorium, in Porto.


Presentation by José Luis Silva at the Workshop "Grape Quality Assessment”.

What it is the “Douro Region Wine Cluster"?

for members, partners and sector players in the “Douro Region Wine Cluster”

Audience during the Session: What it is the “Douro Region Wine Cluster”?

– Actions, Opportunities and Challenges"

Guest Speaker: António Graça



31

for members, partners and sector players in the “Douro Region Wine Cluster”


Photo 20 – António Graça, speaker at the session.

� Workshop “Raising Awareness of HACCP in winegrowing"

Date: 6 December

Venue: Régua

Guest speaker: Sérgio Macedo

Implementation of the HACCP system has been compulsory since 1 January 2006. This workshop thus

present legislation applicable to the food sector, and the general concept of HACCP with a special focus on

winegrowing.

Photo 22 - Opening of the Workshop by Fernanda Almeida, in representation of ADVID.

workshop.

� Workshop “Highlighting Features of Spatiotemporal Spread of Powdery Mildew Epidemics in the

Vineyard Using Statistical Modelling

Date: 20 December

Venue: Quinta do Pego, Tabuaço.

Guest speaker: Agnès Calonnec

In the context of the 2010 ADVID Prize, a Workshop was held to present the winning study, on 20 December, in

which the speakers were A. Calonnec, P. Cartolaro (Department of Plant Health) and J. Chadoeuf from the INRA


António Graça, speaker at the session. Photo: 21 - Audience at the Session in the IVDP auditorium, Porto.

Workshop “Raising Awareness of HACCP in winegrowing"

Guest speaker: Sérgio Macedo

Implementation of the HACCP system has been compulsory since 1 January 2006. This workshop thus


Opening of the Workshop by Fernanda Almeida, in representation of ADVID. Photo 23 - Sergio Macedo, speaker at

Workshop “Highlighting Features of Spatiotemporal Spread of Powdery Mildew Epidemics in the

Modelling on Field Experimental Data”

Venue: Quinta do Pego, Tabuaço.

Guest speaker: Agnès Calonnec




32

the Session in the IVDP auditorium, Porto.

Implementation of the HACCP system has been compulsory since 1 January 2006. This workshop thus intends to


Sergio Macedo, speaker at the

Workshop “Highlighting Features of Spatiotemporal Spread of Powdery Mildew Epidemics in the



Biometrics Station.

Photo 24 –A. Calonnec (one of the authors of the prizewinning study) prizewinning study by A. Callonec (INRA)

7.3. Papers presented and/or

Below is a list of studies presented at scientific

Date Name

1 May “Climate Change – Opportunities and Challenges for Douro Viticulture"

13 May "Constraints to the application of mating disruption against Lobesia botrana in Douro Wine region"

14 May "Climate change in the DDR"

26 May "Monitoring Water Deficit in Vineyards. Nine years references in Douro"

26 May "Research needs of winegrowers of the Demarcated Douro Region"

28 May “Portuguese Varieties – A heritage for the future”

08 June "Lines of action of ADVID in functional Biodiversity"

14 to 18 June

"Identifying Research Opportunities at Demarcated Douro Region"

02 Sept “Functional biodiversity in viticulture”

02 Sept “Preservation of Genetic Resources”

13 Oct Lecture “2010 Winegrowing Year”.

18 Oct “Biodiversity and biological protection against grapevine pests in the Demarcated Douro Region”

27 Oct “Functional biodiversity in viticulture”


Calonnec (one of the authors of the prizewinning study) is introduced by Fernando Alves. Photo 25 prizewinning study by A. Callonec (INRA)

resented and/or published

Below is a list of studies presented at scientific meetings or published in scientific journals.

Event Venue

Opportunities and Challenges Organised by LADPM Vila Real

"Constraints to the application of mating in Douro

3rd International Congress on Mountain Viticulture (CERVIM)

Sicily

2nd UTAD Viticulture and Oenology Meeting.

Vila Real

"Monitoring Water Deficit in Vineyards. Nine Infowine.forum 2010 Vila Real

"Research needs of winegrowers of the Infowine.forum 2011 Vila Real

A heritage for the 2nd ESAV Viticulture and Oenology Meeting

Viseu

"Lines of action of ADVID in functional Colloquium "Biodiversity in Viticulture. Creating value between ecology and economy"

Pinhão

"Identifying Research Opportunities at the 7th International Terroir Congress Soave, Italy

“Functional biodiversity in viticulture” Vindouro, Festa do Vinho São João da Pesqueira

“Preservation of Genetic Resources” Vindouro, Festa do Vinho São João da Pesqueira

5th Oenology Lecture UTAD, Vila Real

“Biodiversity and biological protection against grapevine pests in the Demarcated Douro

12th National Ecology Meeting, “Biodiversity and services of

ecosystems”

Porto

“Functional biodiversity in viticulture” 6th Oenology Lecture UTAD, Vila Real


33

Photo 25 - Presentation of the

Venue Type of

presentation Oral, Pwpt

Oral, Pwpt and written article

Oral, Pwpt

Poster

Poster

Oral, Pwpt

Oral, Pwpt

Poster

Oral, Pwpt

Oral, Pwpt

UTAD, Vila Real Oral, Pwpt

Oral, Pwpt and written Abstract

UTAD, Vila Real Oral, Pwpt


34

Date Name Event Venue Type of

presentation 04 Nov “Functional Biodiversity in Douro Viticulture” Start-up meeting for the BIODIVINE

project Gradignan, France Oral, Pwpt

26 Nov The farmer's little known friends - insects, mites and spiders. Collection O campo no seu bolso (The Country in your Pocket) - No. 1.

Collaboration on technical manual - Technical manual

11 Nov “The Preservation of Genetic Resources” 1st Hunting, Forest and Regional Products Fair - Colloquium "High Altitude White Wines"

Meda Oral, Pwpt

13 Dec “Constraints to the application of mating disruption on Douro Wine Region; Trials with LTT – Long life dispensers (SL2010)

Conference in Régua Régua Oral, Pwpt

15 Dec “Biodiversity in Viticulture – Douro Region Wine Cluster”

Colloquium “Biodiversity in Viticulture and Oenology – a potential for market differentiation?”

Dois Portos Oral, Pwpt

without date

Functional biodiversity in viticulture, ADVID action plan - Douro Region Wine Cluster

Organic Farming Magazine "O segredo da terra"

- Written article

7.4. Communication

7.4.1. Organisation of complementary projects

In connection with the obligations of the Cluster management entity, criteria as well as sectoral, territorial and

priority benchmarks were defined for projects, SI Qualificação PME (SME Qualification Incentive System ); SI I&DT

(Research and Technological Development Incentive System) and SI Inovação (Innovation Incentive System), for

complementary projects.

To promote complementary projects, various meetings were held with members aimed at setting up projects, the

following table showing the actions implemented with external entities and Cluster partners.

Date Entity Subject/aim Venue

18 Mar Meeting with Sogrape Analysis of the framework of complementary projects Régua

01 June RCV Seminar Presentation and analysis of potential co-development and cooperation projects

Pinhão

02 July RCV Meeting Grassing of vineyards in the DDR and detection of complementary project needs

Pinhão

20 July Members and partners Vineyard Conversion Support Scheme. 2010/2011 Campaign Newsletter

08 Sept Members and partners Support for Investment in Energy Efficiency under NSRF (National Strategic Reference Framework)

Newsletter

14 Sept Members and partners Conversion and Restructuring of Vineyards – Grouped applications Newsletter

21 Sept Zona Verde Meeting Training and skills – Development of complementary projects Régua

30 Sept Members and partners Funded Training for Companies, Measure 3.2 Newsletter


35

Date Entity Subject/aim Venue

11 Oct Members and partners Public Session to present the Programme “Internationalise for Growth” Newsletter

14 Oct Meeting with AEVP Start of talks on the Economic Observatory to be developed in the Cluster Porto

18 Oct Real Companhia Velha Dissemination of type 3.2 POPH applications Pinhão

18 Oct Quinta Nova Nossa Senhora do Carmo

Dissemination of type 3.2 POPH applications Sabrosa

18 Oct Casa de Mateus Dissemination of type 3.2 POPH applications Vila Real

18 Oct Sogevinus Dissemination of type 3.2 POPH applications Tabuaço

29 Oct Meeting with Adega Cooperativa de Favaios

Cluster Situation Report and Consultation of needs Favaios

04 Nov Members and partners Winegrowing Conversion – 2010/2011 Newsletter

10 Nov Meeting with DEIMOS SA Remote sensing in viticulture – support tools for decision taking related to complementary projects

Porto

15 Nov Meeting with Catholic University, Porto

Approach to the development of the DDR Economic Observatory Porto

18 Nov Members and Partners Dissemination Session “Non-Productive Investments in the ITI-DV and Small-Scale Investments”

Régua

09 Dec Meeting with IBERMETEO Support services for complementary projects Régua

7.4.2. Participation in meetings, forums, symposia and other events

We will now present a summary of the actions and meetings in which ADVID has been involved through the

participation of its technical staff, to exchange experiences and acquire knowledge.

Date Actions Subject/Aim

10 Jan Vineyard Restructuring and Conversion Aid Scheme - Constraints on Interventions

Parliamentary Committee

31 Mar Meeting with POFC. Lisbon Presentation PORVID

07 May Attendance of the Bilateral High-Level Meeting between France and Portugal, at the seminar on Innovation organised by Agro-Food Competitiveness Centres, at the invitation of the Portuguese Government

Participation in the initiative and establishment of bilateral contacts

10 May Attendance of the Spring Conference – Small and Medium-Sized Companies, at the invitation of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs, Innovation and Energy.

Participation in the initiative and drafting reflection document

27 May Organisation of the InfowineForum module with the papers “Behaviour simulation model for the grapevine plant structure” and “Modelling water balance in the grapevine” (27 May)

Information session to present the results to members and sector players


36


27 May Organisation and presentation of the 2009 ADVID Prize – Barão Joseph James Forrester, at InfoWineForum

Information session for members and sector players

28 May Attendance of UNESCO's HELP Symposium on the topic “River Basin Management and the Response to Water Shortage and Droughts in Uncertain Future Climates.

Participation in round table

02 June Colloquium ROZÈS-CIVC. Cambres, Lamego.

Presentation of the Cluster's activities to the company Rozès and to CIVC (France)

08 June Conference “Portuguese Varieties. A factor of identity and difference” Conference held at the Santarém Fair

14 July Participation in the Territorial Cooperation Networks for DDR sectors - wine, trade, culture and tourism. Porto

1st meeting to prepare the application “Institutional Empowerment Network for the Promotion of Employability – Douro”

30 Aug Meeting and tour of Douro Superior with Gregory Jones Development of the Flagship Project – Impact of Climate Change

30 Aug Organisation of tour of the DDR by a group of Italian students from the Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “F. Eredia”.

Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster

24 Sept Meetings for Competitiveness – Inovação Aberta, IAPMEI, INOVAGAIA and AMIGAIA. Vila Nova de Gaia.

Participation in the meeting with exchange of experiences on Innovation

06 Oct Organisation with UTAD of Lectures on Oenology and Wine Tastings Meeting with UTAD to define the participation of ADVID

08 Oct Seminar “Outlook for the Development of Organic Farming under the Common Agricultural Policy”, Lisbon


08 Oct Membership at the Association “A Port for the World” - Organiser of the 2011 OIV Congress. Porto.

Participation in the Congress Organisation

12 Oct Participation in the session to disseminate the INTERREG Programmes. Porto.

Establishment of contacts, dissemination of the Cluster and framework assessment of flagship and complementary projects in Interreg

20 Oct Participation in the Action to Reinforce and Clarify the Measures aimed at Accelerating the Implementation of NSRF Business Projects. Porto

Establishment of contacts, dissemination of the Cluster and framework assessment of complementary projects

22 Oct Participation in the Action “Critical Aspects in the Preparation and Assessment of Proposals 7th FP”. Lisbon

Establishment of contacts, dissemination of the Cluster and framework assessment of flagship and complementary projects

26 Oct Representation of Portugal in the OIV ad hoc group – Carbon Balance. Paris.

Participation in the initiative and establishment of bilateral contacts

28 Oct Hearing at the Assembly of the Republic, by the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs, Innovation and Energy. Lisbon

Presentation of the Demarcated Douro Region Wine Cluster


37


05 Nov Seminar “Trás-os-Montes e Alto-Douro, what future?”. Vila Real. Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster

12 Nov Participation in the International Conference on Douro Tourism organised by IPDT. Vila Real.


17 Nov Meeting with Douro Mission Structure. Régua. Cluster Situation Report

18 Nov Participation in the Gruissan Interregional Event, France, and in Winetech Advisory Committee. Gruissan – France.

Dissemination of the Cluster to French, Spanish and Portuguese WINETECH partners

18/19 Nov Participation in the 3rd National Congress on Organic Farming, Braga. Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster

22 Nov Organisation of Study Visit of the DDR by the Escola Profissional Agrícola de São Bento – Santo Tirso. DDR.


23 Nov Participation in the public presentation of “SIMBION - Information and Monitoring System for Biodiversity in North Portugal”. Vairão.

Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Flagship Project – Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture

24 Nov Participation in the sectoral table – Wine, of the Bioemprende project which is part of the Spain-Portugal Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007/2013. Tui – Spain.

Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster, particularly of the Flagship Project, “Skills Development”

25 Nov Meeting at the CCDRNorte, “Promote Cohesion, Decentralise the State, Develop the Regions”. Porto.


30 Nov Participation in the Training course, organised by Proder “Cooperation for Innovation”. Lisbon

Establishment of contacts, dissemination of the Cluster and knowledge acquisition as a framework for Flagship Project applications

09/10 Nov Attendance of the Wines of Portugal International Conference. Porto. Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster

10 Dec Participation in the Douro Sul Cycle of Conferences, Lamego. Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster


38

7.4.3. Media

ADVID was the subject of certain reports and interviews as listed below.

Date Media Inquiry

21 July Reports by RTP and RDP - Antena 1 Prediction of Harvest Potential and Dissemination of the Cluster

7 Sept Interview Antena 1, Harvest Predictions Harvest Prediction and Dissemination of the Cluster

7 Sept Presence of ADVID - Porto Canal Harvest Prediction and Dissemination of the Cluster

10 Dec

Meeting with Suzanne Mustacich, a journalist based in Bordeaux who writes for AFP (Agence France Presse International in English), Wine Spectator and Meininger's Wine Business International. Porto

Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster, particularly the Project – Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture

15 Dec Meeting with the Journalist Paul White, who writes for Fine Wine Magazine. Pinhão.

Establishment of contacts and dissemination of the Cluster, particularly the Project – Preservation of Genetic Resources

7.4.4. ADVID website - www.advid.pt

ADVID has a website to increase its capacity for communication with members. In 2010, new procedures and

methodologies for updating and entering content were implemented, in order to facilitate communication between

ADVID and its members, partners and external entities, reflected in an increase in the number of visits to the

institutional website, of round 20,000 visits (19,907).


39

7.5. Training

7.5.1. ADVID Course - WSET level 3/4

As in previous years, in connection with the advanced training of the

technical staff of its members and other sectors, ADVID organised in

2010, with the collaboration of the WINE & SPIRIT EDUCATION

TRUST (England) and support from IVDP, a WSET level 3/4 course on

the subject of the main regions and wines of the world, which seeks

to bring viticulture information from consumer markets. This course

was held at the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto in the city of

Porto from 22 to 29 November 2010. Oriented by Godfrey Spence

(WSET), it was attended by 10 students.

A new WSET level 3/4 course was also planned, to take place in

2011.

7.5.2. Training Courses for winegrowers

In 2010, after approval of the biannual application (2010/2011) that had been submitted to POPH, ADVID began the

programme of training for farmers, focusing on Vine Training and Pruning, the Application of Plant Protection

Products and Grape Quality Assessment. With a high level of participation among members, particularly notable

was the continuity in giving priority to sessions in a work context, permitting better knowledge transfer, also taking

advantage of the commitment of members to the provision of locations and resources for these courses, receiving

on their properties trainees from various members.

The following table presents the courses held and their dates and locations.

Course Start Date Location

APF 01 (Application of Plant Protection Products) 27-10-2010 Régua (SBN)

APF 02 (Application of Plant Protection Products) 25-10-2010 Quinta do Mourão

APF 03 (Application of Plant Protection Products) 03-12-2010 Régua (SBN)

APF 04 (Application of Plant Protection Products) 28-12-2010 Quinta do Noval

Photo 26 - WSET course participants – November 2010.


40

7.6. Institutional Empowerment Network for the Promotion of Employability in the

Douro

In the context of the Territorial Pact for Employment and Employability in the Douro, which ADVID as founding

partner signed on 10 December 2009, an application was submitted in August 2010 to PCI – Institutional

Empowerment Network for support for the project “Institutional Empowerment Network for the Promotion of

Employability – Douro”, endorsed by all the participants on the Douro Employment and Employability Pact. The

direct promoters of this application are DREN and IEFP and its partner entities per sector are the following:

Sectors:

1. Wine: ADVID and DRAPN

2. Tourism: Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo de Lamego (EHTDouro)

3. Trade: ACIR

4. Culture: DR Cultura do Norte and/or Museu do Douro

The other entities joined the Monitoring Committee provided for in the application.

This project is intended to promote employability in the Douro region through a better adjustment between the

qualifications and skills offered by the education and training system and the needs and opportunities of the labour

market, through career guidance for young people and through increased awareness of the working population.

8. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTION PLAN

ADVID as the manager of the Demarcated Douro Region Wine Cluster must advance with the implementation of

the Action Plan, namely the implementation of the 8 Flagship Projects, as part of the Consortium or simply of the

Supervision Group. To fulfil the flagship projects 8 applications were submitted to various Support Programmes, of

which 6 have already been approved and 2 are awaiting a decision.

Taking into account the indicative typology of the preferential incentive systems, referenced in the approval of the

action plan (COMPETE and PRODER), we can make the following observations:

− First of all the FEDER/FEADER (COMPETE/PRODER) protocol of understanding is incompatible with R&D

projects aimed at the local development of value in the activities of the agricultural economic sector, with

regard to the delimitation of fields of intervention of the respective funds.

− With regard to COMPETE (FEDER), there is a conceptual difference between the principles of the

establishment and operation of a CES (Collective Efficiency Strategy) and the formatting of applications for SI

I&DT (Research and Technological Development Incentive System). Thus, the aim of including a significant


41

number of SCTN companies and entities, enshrined in the definition of the CES, is threatened by the heavy

administrative burden necessary for the formulation of applications and subsequent monitoring of execution.

With regard to PRODER (FEADER), we would like to note the absence of guidelines to support entities recognised

as CESs, such as: positive discrimination for flagship projects submitted by CESs.

There are also difficulties in the Action 2.3.1., Conservation and Improvement of Genetic Resources, of a type more

appropriate for the Flagship Project “Preservation of the Biodiversity of Grapevine Varieties”, specifically the

development of partnerships for the development of the project. Only Public Entities can be promoters. If they

apply alone the support is 100%, if there are partnerships with private entities (which cannot be companies), the

support is 80%. The whole financial process involves the Public promoter, and it is difficult to operationalise due to

all the accounting/financial/administrative restrictions to which Public Administration is subject.

Table 2 presents a progress report for the flagship projects.


42

Table 2 - Progress Report for Flagship Projects

Flagship Projects Type Progress Report Observations Financing

1. Impact of Climate Changes on

Winegrowing in the Demarcated Douro

Region. Management of Water Relations

SAESCT - Short-term Climate Change Mitigation Strategies for Mediterranean Vineyards (ClimVineSafe),

PRODER, Action 4.2.2 - Thematic Information and Dissemination Networks

Approved. Project No. PTDC/AGR-ALI/110877/20

In preparation. To be submitted in 2011

In progress. Short-term climate change mitigation strategies for Mediterranean vineyards

Proposed investment

Eligible investment

Support

€163,582.00

€163,582.00

€163,582.00

2. Zoning of Winegrowing Potential in the

Demarcated Douro Region

PRODER, Action 4.2.2 - Thematic Information and Dissemination Networks

In preparation. To be submitted in 2011

3. Functional Biodiversity in Viticulture LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity 2009

PRODER, Measure 4.1 - Cooperation for Innovation

Approved. Project LIFE9 NAT/FR/000584.

Doctoral Programme.

Submitted in Dec 2011

In progress. Partnership with 7 entities in 3 countries.

In progress.

Proposed investment

Eligible investment

Support

1,951,043.00*

1,951,043.00

959,523.00

4. Preservation of the Biodiversity of

Grapevine Varieties

PRODER – Action 2.3.1., Conservation and Improvement of Genetic Resources

Approved. PA No. 18661 In progress Proposed investment

Eligible investment

Support

€377,073.92

€256,350.55

€205,080.40

5. Assessment of the Oenological Value of

Grapes

COMPETE - SI IDT Co-Promotion In preparation. To be submitted in 2011

6. Sustainable Production in Viticulture PRODER, Action 4.2.2 - Thematic Information and Dissemination Networks

Approved. PA No. 14368 In progress Proposed investment

Eligible investment

Support

€388,662.06

€293,552.02

€220,566.27

7. Rationalisation of Hillside Vineyard

Layouts

PRODER, Measure 4.1- Cooperation for Innovation

In preparation.

8. Skills Development – Training and

Dissemination

SIAC / PO Norte POPH, Measure 2.3. - Certified Modular Training ON2 - Measure – “Promotion and Institutional Empowerment – Institutional Networks 2010 – Line V. “Institutional Empowerment Network for the Promotion of Employability – Douro”

Submitted on 25 February 2011 Approved. PA No. 037193/2010/23 Approved.

In progress In progress. Partnership with DREN, Museu do Douro, IEFP, Escola de Hotelaria de Lamego, DRAPN.

Proposed investment Eligible investment Support Proposed investment Eligible investment Support

€492,696.38 €112,113.12 €112,113.12 €298,320.00

Company Support Services - Technical Support

for Viticulture in the Demarcated Douro

Region

PRODER, Action 4.3.2.- Business Support Services Approved. PA No. 15333 In progress Proposed investment

Eligible investment

Support

€482,829.08

€246,034.49

€147,620.69


43

9. INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS

� Casa do Douro Regional Council

Following the publication of Decree-Law 277/2003 of 6 November, the Directors of ADVID decided that the

reformulation of the composition of the Regional Council, of which the association is a part, would permit greater

participation in favour of the development of the Region's viticulture and wine quality. Thus ADVID attended all the

meetings held during 2010 through its Chairman.

� FEVIPOR

ADVID is on the Board of FEVIPOR, the federation representing Portuguese winegrowers and which is an advisory

member of the Consultative Committee of the IVV, ViniPortugal and INRB.

In 2010 we expressed our point of view on the “Nomenclature Rules and Revision of Variety Lists”, through a

document we sent to the Chairman of FEVIPOR and which he defended with the Consultative Committee of the

IVV, which we can summarise as follows:

Each variety must be characterised using molecular biology methods that unmistakably distinguish it from all others.

For the purposes of referencing in scientific studies, technical documents intended exclusively for technical readers,

documentary resources on transactions involving plant material and in laws, the varieties should be referenced using a

short and neutral alphanumeric code (for example, the code of the National Ampelographic Collection: CANxxxxx). This

code should be added to the national list of varieties, with the respective correspondence of all the names and

synonyms used to date for each variety, without limitations, as well as their genetic identification based on DNA

microsatellites. However, no single name, comprising one or more words, will be allowed to correspond to more than

one code.

For the labelling of a wine produced based on grapes of a particular variety referenced by its code, any one of the

names/synonyms corresponding to that code on the list mentioned in 2 may be used, the choice being at the discretion

of the producer.

We also ask the Chairman of FEVIPOR for ADVID, as a member of the Board and considering there are no limits on

the number of members of each entity, to be part of the delegation present at meetings of the Consultative

Committee of the IVV.

� ADH – Historic Douro Association

We are also members of the ADH – Historic Douro Association, the entity responsible for management of the

Leader programme in the Region.

� PORVID

ADVID is a founder and member of the Board of PORVID - Portuguese Association for Vine Diversity, which seeks to

preserve and develop the genetic variety of native Portuguese varieties.

To pursue the mission of PORVID, on 9 July 2010 an agreement was signed to transfer to PORVID, for 50 years, the


44

management of the land intended for the Central Experimental Centre for the Conservation of the Variability of

Native Vines. The experimental centre in Herdade de Pegões, in the municipality of Palmela, is intended to

preserve all varieties of Portuguese vines and to develop experimental projects for subsequent use.

This agreement includes the transfer of approximately 127 ha of winegrowing land, comprising 33 ha of vine in

production, various buildings and agricultural machines, as well as the secondment in the public interest of 4

workers.

The consideration to be provided by PORVID is essentially the implementation at the Centre of its own statutory

objectives of preserving grapevine diversity and the repayment to DRALVT of the cost of services and products

applied on vines in the 2010 programme.

As a result of later more careful assessments of the status of vines and the detection of new interactions with the

conservation of the Saloia sheep breed, to be carried out on the Herdade de Pegões by another association (ACRO,

Association of Livestock Breeders of the West), a final version of the agreement was signed on 12 November,

envisaging the transfer of 135 ha of winegrowing land and a worker and maintaining most of the remaining

conditions. The agreement was approved by MADRP on 6 December 2010, at a special ceremony, in the presence

of Members and various figures from the sector.

� Douro Mission Structure (EMD)

Over the course of 2010 no meeting of the Advisory Board of the EMD was held. However we monitored the work

of the EMD, we presented cases of dissonance in the landscape and we contributed to the preservation of this

landscape, particularly through Bulletins, Circulars, Workshops, Symposia and the identification of two strategic

lines that were defined in the Action Plan for the DDR Cluster: Biodiversity and Rationalisation of Hillside Vineyards.

We also requested a meeting with the Chairman of the Douro Mission Structure, which was held in November, in

order to tell this body about all the work that the ADVID has carried out on its own and as management entity of

the DDR Wine Cluster.

� CNOIV – National OIV Committee

As a member of the CNOIV, besides sitting on the General Council, ADVID is part of the Viticulture Group and in

2011 intends to join more Expert Groups.

In August 2010, the Directors of ADVID suggested, on their own initiative, the Technical Director of ADVID –

Fernando Alves to represent Portugal on the ad hoc group “Carbon Dioxide Balance” at OIV. This initiative emerged

from the need detected by the General Council on 9 June, concerning the Carbon Dioxide Balance (emission of

gases by the winegrowing sector – greenhouse effect), to seek a University-level figure to represent Portugal, given

that no working group from the CNOIV had sufficient knowledge to deal with this matter, in the OIV ad hoc group.

This proposal was accepted by the National CNOIV Committee, for which reason ADVID is the Portuguese


45

representative in the OIV “Carbon Balance” ad hoc group.

� “Um Porto para o Mundo" Association”

Portugal will organise the 34th World Congress of Vine and Wine in Porto and as ADVID was interested in being

involved in the organisation of this event, particularly the organisation of technical tours to the DDR, in October it

joined this association which will be responsible for organising the Congress.

� CITAB at UTAD

ADVID, represented by the Board Member António Graça, was invited to join CITAB (Agri-Environment and Biology

Research and Technology Centre) of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

CITAB is a multidisciplinary centre, with researchers who have experience in agro-food, forestry and environmental

studies and engineering, working in three intrinsically interconnected research groups: Ecointegrity, Biosystems

Engineering and Sustainable Agro-Food Chains.

In connection with its policy of close contact with the business community, CITAB set up a Consultative Committee

of Stakeholders with 6 people of recognised standing, which meets with the Executive Board and with its members,

evaluates research activities, gives advice and strategic guidelines on management and plans of action.

The participation of ADVID in the CITAB Consultative Committee of Stakeholders provides an opportunity to foster

the skills of that Centre with a view to meeting the real needs of the business community in the region.


46

10. GLOSSARY

ACIR – Associação Comercial e Industrial dos Concelhos do Peso da Régua, Santa Marta de Penaguião e Mesão Frio (Chamber of Commerce

and Industry of the Municipalities of Peso da Régua, Santa Marta de Penaguião and Mesão Frio)

ADH – Associação Douro Histórico (Historic Douro Association)

ADVID – Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (Association for the Development of Winegrowing in the Douro)

CCDR-N – Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte (Regional Coordination and Development Commission for the

North)

CERVIM - Centro di Ricerca, Studi, Salvaguardia, Coordinamento e Valorizzazione per la Viticoltura Montana (Centre for Research, Study,

Protection, Coordination and Advancement of Mountain Viticulture)

CITAB - Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-ambientais e Biológicas (Agri-Environment and Biology Research and Technology

Centre) (UTAD)

CIVC – Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins de Champagne (Interprofessional Committee of Champagne Wine)

CNOIV – Comissão Nacional do OIV (National OIV Committee)

DIBA - Diputació de Barcelona (Provincial Council of Barcelona)

ARD-VD – Association pour la Recherche et le Développement en Viticulture Durable (Association for Research and Development in

Sustainable Viticulture)

ICVV-CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (Research Centre of Vine and Wine-Related Science)

CVRVV - Comissão de Viticultura da Região dos Vinhos Verdes (Vinho Verde Regional Winegrowing Committee)

EQY - Euroquality

DRAPN – Direcção Regional de Agricultura e Pescas do Norte (Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Fisheries)

DREN – Direcção Regional de Educação do Norte (Regional Directorate for Education for the North)

EHTDouro – Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Douro – Lamego (Hotel and Tourism School)

EMD – Estrutura de Missão Douro (Douro Mission Structure)

ESAC – Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (Coimbra School of Agriculture)

ESAV – Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu (Viseu School of Agriculture)

ESB – Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (School of Biotechnology of the Catholic University of Portugal)

FEUP- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto)

FEVIPOR – Federação de Viticultores de Portugal (Federation of Portuguese Winegrowers)

IEFP – Instituto de Emprego e Formação Profissional (Institute of Employment and Vocation Training)

IFV - Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin (French Vine and Wine Institute)

INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy Research)

IVDP – Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (Institute of Douro and Port Wines)

IVV – Instituto do Vinho e da Vinha (Vine and Wine Institute)

LADPM – Liga dos Amigos do Douro Património Mundial (League of Friends of the World Heritage Douro)

OIV – Office International du Vin (International Organisation of Vine and Wine)

PORVID – Associação Portuguesa para a Diversidade da Videira (Portuguese Association for Grapevine Diversity)

RDD- Região Demarcada do Douro (Demarcated Douro Region)

UCP – Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Catholic University of Portugal)

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 Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro)

WSET – Wine & Spirit Education Trust

associaÇÃo para o desenvolvimento da viticultura …€¦ · a d v i d associaÇÃo para o...

Documents