Principles of vineyard establishment and strategies to delay ripening under a warming climate

Abstract

Some viticultural strategies may offer a natural solution to mitigate the negative effects of global warming in viticulture. Decisions concerning vineyard topography variables, as well as rootstock, variety, clone, training system, and row orientation and slope selection may be combined. This allows to delay grape maturation on certain days when they are applied separately and on a few weeks if they are applied together. They can be applied to new vineyards but also to existing vineyards, as for most premium wine producers worldwide it isn't an option to replant somewhere else.